CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL CORAM:

Reserved on 06.01.2026 Pronounced on 07.01 .2026 THE HON’BLE SHRI SUDHI RANJAN MISHRA, MEMBER (J)

THE HON’BLE SHRI PRAMOD KUMAR DAS, MEMBER (A)

Yerra Srinivasa Naidu, aged about 49 years, S/o. Late Y.Chinnam Naidu, Senior Assistant Loco Pilot (under compulsory retirement) Waltair Division, East-Coast Railway, Andhra Pradesh (A.P.), Resident of: 37-11-50, PRR Gardens, Visakhapatnam (Urban) Industrial Estate, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh-

5 3 0 0 0 7 . VERSUS ……Applicant

1. Union of India, represented by General Manager, E.Co.Railway, Rail Sadan, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar-751017, Dist. Khurda.

2. Principal Chief Operations Manager, Rail Sadan, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar-

751017.

3. Addl. Divisional Railway Manager (Optns), East Coast Railway, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

4. Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer (OP), East Coast Railway, Waltair, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

5. Divisional Personnel Officer, East Coast Rly.

Waltair, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

……Respondents For the applicant : Mr. C.A.Rao, Counsel For the respondentOs R : MDr . RE. S .RPa tnaik, Counsel PRAMOD KUMAR DAS, MEMBER (A):

It is the case of the applicant that while he