O R D E R

Hon’ble Mr. Rajinder Kashyap, Member (A):

1.By filing the instant OA under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, the applicant is seeking the following reliefs:-

"8.1 To quash and set aside order dated 20.5.2025 and to further direct the respondent to re-engaged the applicant as Assistant Director (Entomology) on contractual basis forthwith with all consequential benefits.

8.2 To quash and set aside the Public Notice/Advertisement dated 'Nil' (uploaded of website on 23.5.2025) to an extent whereby it advertised the one post of Assistant Director (Entomology) in Delhi on contractual basis.

8.3 To pass any such other order as this Hon'ble Tribunal may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case."

FACTS OF THE CASE

2. The respondent issued an advertisement in the year 2019 for filling up various posts in the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), including the post of Assistant Director (Entomology) on a contractual basis (Annexure A-5).

2.1 The applicant applied for the said post and was subsequently appointed as Assistant Director (Entomology) on contract basis vide offer of appointment dated 01.03.2019 (Annexure A-4 colly). The said appoint