ORDER

Per: SURESH KUMAR BATRA, MEMBER (J):

1. The applicant has filed instant O.A under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 seeking following relief:

(I) “Direction to the respondents to regularize the services of applicant as Physiotherapist and grant him benefit of regular pay scale of the post from due date, with all the consequential benefits including arrears of salary and allowances for same or equivalent posts in Central Government and at least grant him the increased remuneration of Rs.1,05,000/- from due date with interest @ 18% per annum from the date the amount became due to the actual date of payment.

(II) Direction to declare that the applicant (contractual Physiotherapist) cannot be replaced with fresh appointee pursuant to the Notification/Advertisement dated 05.08.2022 (Annexure A-3) and quashing thereof to that extent.”

2. Brief facts of the case are that the applicant has done Bachelor in Physiotherapy in 2004 from Subharati Physiotherapy College, Meerut, U.P. and Master in Sports Physiotherapy in 2008 from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab. He has done Orofascial Trauma in Boxing from Aspetar in Doha, Qatar in 2015, AIBA Team Cutman from AIB