(Reserved on 05.01.2026)

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL JABALPUR BENCH (Circuit Sitting at Bilaspur)

This the 09^th day of January, 2026 HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AKHIL KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, JUDICIAL MEMBER HON’BLE MRS. MALLIKA ARYA, ADMINISTRATIVE MEMBER Original Application No. 846 of 2019 Santosh Kumar Dhande, S/o Late Baijnath Ji Dhande, presently working as PRT, KV-I/Raipur, aged about 53 years, R/o Shivanand Nagar, Sector – 3, Near Sidhhi Vinayak Temple, Khamtarai, Raipur (CG) - 492008.

…….Applicant Advocate for the applicant: Shri A.V. Shridhar V E R S U S Union of India through the Secretary, Ministry of HRD, Department of Education, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi- 110001.

1.

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan through the Section Officer (Estt- II), Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (HQ), 18, Institutional Area, 2.

Saheed Jeet Singh Marg, New Delhi - 110018.

Deputy Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Chhattisgarh Region, Sector-IV, Dindayal Upadhyay Nagar, Raipur

3.

(CG) - 492010.

Principal, Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1, Raipur, WRS Colony, Raipur (CG) - 492008.

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…….Respondents Advocate for the respondents: Shri Siddharth Rathod for respondent no. 1 Ms. Deepali Pandey for respondents 2 to 4 O R D E R By A