IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE Present:-

The Hon’ble Justice Madhuresh Prasad And The Hon’ble Justice Supratim Bhattacharya WPCT 94 of 2025 Vukkem Rambabu Vs.

Union of India and Others For the Petitioner-in-person : Mr. Vukkem Rambabu.

For the Union of India : Mr. Brajesh Jha, Mr. Somnath Adhikary.

For the Respondent Nos. 2 & 3 : Mr. Sukanta Chakraborty, Mr. S. Saha.

Judgment on : November 10, 2025 Madhuresh Prasad, J.:

1. The writ petitioner was the applicant before the Central Administrative Tribunal, (CAT for short) Kolkata Bench. His Original Application (OA) 29 of 2025 along with MA 70 of 2025 filed therein were dismissed by the CAT.

The same is put to challenge in the present writ petition.

2. The brief narration of relevant facts is that the petitioner was a Senior Private Secretary in the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal at Visakhapatnam. He applied for the post of Principal Private Secretary (PPS) on deputation at Armed Forces Tribunal, Kolkata (hereinafter referred to as AFT), in response to a Circular issued by the Principal Registrar, AFT, New Delhi.

Upon conduct of skill test and interview, appointment letter dated

17.02.2022 was issued i