(Reserved on 26.11.2025)

Central Administrative Tribunal, Allahabad Bench, Allahabad This the _01^st day of January, 2026 Hon’ble Mr. Rajnish Kumar Rai, Member (J)

Original Application No. 99 of 2011

1. Lakshman S/o Sri Bhagwat R/o Village Savreji, Post Bheerganj, District Gopalganj (Bihar).

2. Baijnath S/o Sri Ram Nagina Singh R/o Village and Post Siwan, District Siwan (Bihar).

3. Banarasi Prasad Yadav S/o Sri Satyanarayan R/o Village Ujara Narayanpur, Post Balasara, Bara Meerganj, District Gopalganj.

4. Kishor Ram S/o Raghuvar Ram R/o Village Sanah Mathia, Post Dharan Parsa, District Gopalganj, Bihar.

5. Madan Manjhi S/o Sri Heera Manjhi R/o Village Bankati, Post Mahuwan, District Gopalganj.

6. Ram Agya Pandit S/o Sri Tulsi Pandit R/o Village Khanpur, Post Lakswar Birtilala, District Gopalganj, Bihar.

7. Arun Pandey S/o Chaturbhuj Pandey R/o Mohalla Jatepur Railway Colony, Shahpur.

8. Raju S/o Jhheenak R/o Village Chhote Kajipur, Post Sadar, District Gorakhpur.

9. Ram Pyare S/o Vishwanath R/o Amwan, Post Maniram, District Gorakhpur.

10. Hari Ram S/o Ram Dhokhe R/o Village Mirwa, Post Kannopur, District Gonda (U.P.).

11. Dhanpat S/o Tufani R/o Village Dargahiya, Post Kuraghat, District Gorakhpur.

12. Jagat Narain Singh S/o Ram Kishan Singh R/o Village Bhagna, Post Khorawar, District Gorakhpur.

13. Sri Rajendra S/o Bigu Chowdhari R/o Post Mirganj, Post Mirganj, District Gopalganj.

14. Guptare S/o Udai Raj R/o Village Mirwa, Post Kannopur, District Gonda (U.P.).

15. Ganesh Prasad S/o Sripal R/o Krishna Nagar, Privat Mohalla, Post Vasharatpur, District Gorakhpur.

16. Mata Prasad S/o Sri Ori Lal Gupta R/o Village Sadat, Post Kotwali, District Gorakhpur.

17. Niranjan Sahni S/o Sri Vindeshwari Sahni R/o Village Devipur, Tola Harinderpur, Post- Parmesarpur, District Gorakhpur.

18. Nand Kishor Lal Srivastava S/o Ram Lal Srivastava R/o Village Belwadadi, Post Basti, District Basti.

19. Muhammad Ali S/o Sri Rupai R/o Village Manvela, Post Jhhugiya, District Gorakhpur.

20. Shakir Ali S/o Ramjan Ali R/o Village Jangal Hakeem No.2 Mohnapur, Post Padri Bazar, District Gorakhpur.

21. Shahid Ali S/o Shaukat Ali R/o Village Mohnapur (Ghosi Tola), Post Padri Bazar, District Gorakhpur.

22. Satya Prakash S/o Ram Kumar R/o Upadhya Bhawan, Shivali Nagar, Near Kaliji Mandir Mohaddipur, Post Kuraghat, District Gorakhpur.

23. Ashok Kumar Thakur S/o Shivji Thakur R/o Village Tulsiram Vichhiya Koirana Tola, Near Kaliji Mandir, Post Bichhiya, P.A.C. Camp, District Gorakhpur.

24. Shivan Lal S/o Sita Ram R/o Mohalla Tiwaripur, Post Sadar, District Gorakhpur.

25. Ramvriksh S/o Munnar Yadav R/o Vichhiya Camp Jangal Tulsiram, Post Bichhiya Camp, District Gorakhpur.

26. Sanchit Prasad Yadav S/o Sri Bharosa Prasad Yadav R/o Village and Post Manupur, District Saran.

27. Ram Ayodhya Ram S/o Dahari Ram R/o Village Sadar, Post Jhhauwa, District Chhapra (Bihar).

28. Kauleshwar Thakur S/o Late Janakdhari Thakur R/o Village and Post Manupur, District Saran.

29. Murali Manohar Pandey S/o Sri Deenanath Pandey R/o

30. Umashanker Shah S/o Sri Darshan Shah R/o Village Sandha, Post Jhauwan, District Chhapra.

31. Virendra Das S/o Sri Vishwanath Das R/o Village and Post Maujampur, District Chhapra (Saran).

……….. Applicants.

By Advocate: Mr. Dharmendra Tiwari/Mr. Jaswant Singh/

Mr. S.K. Pandey.

Versus

1. Union of India through General Manager, N.E. Railway, Gorakhpur.

2. Divisional Railway Manager, N.E. Railway, Izzatnagar. 3. Divisional Railway Manager, N. E. Railway, Varanasi.

4. Assistant Divisional Engineer, N. E. Railway, Kashipur.

……….. Respondents.

By Advocate: Mr. Vijay Kumar Singh.

Order Mr. Dharmendra Tiwari, Mr. Jaswant Singh and Mr. S.K.

Pandey, learned counsel for the applicants and Mr. Vijay Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the respondents are present and heard.

2. The applicants have approached this Tribunal under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, seeking the following reliefs: -

“i) This Hon'ble Tribunal may be pleased to quash the impugned notification and dated 15.12.2010 issued by th