CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL CUTTACK BENCH OA No. 438 OF 2025 Reserved on :05.01.2026 Pronounced on :09.01.2026 Coram : Hon’ble Mr. Sudhi Ranjan Mishra, Member (J)

Hon’ble Mr. Pramod Kumar Das, Member (A)

1. Prasanta Kumar Pallei, aged about 57 years, Son of Late Bijoy Kumar Pallei, at present working as Assistant Sub Inspector of Police, O/o The Dy. Inspector General of Police & Head of Branch, Central Bureau of Investigation, Anti Corruption Branch, Unit 8, Bhubaneswar, Resident of Vill Shreekhetra Vihar, PO Aiginia, PS Khandagiri, Dist Khurda, Orissa.

……Applicant VERSUS

1. Union of India represented through its Secretary, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Personnel & Training, North Block, New Delhi -110001.

2. The Director, Central Bureau of Investigation, Government of India, Plot No. 5 B, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110003.

3. The Dy. Inspector General of Police & Head of Branch, Central Bureau of Investigation, Anti Corruption Branch, Unit 8, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

751008.

……Respondents For the applicant : Mr. AK Sahoo, counsel For the respondents: Mr. Amrit Mishra, counsel O R D E R Hon’ble Mr.Sudhi Ranjan Mishra, J.M.

The applicant challe