CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL
Manish Garg, Member (J), Rajinder Kashyap, Member (A)
Arun Chauhan – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. applicant's contractual appointment, extensions, and retrospective disengagement. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. illegal replacement of contractual employee by another contractual employee. (Para 4) |
| 3. contractual terms limit engagement to five years per dopt guidelines. (Para 5) |
| 4. framing issues on legality of disengagement and replacement. (Para 6 , 7) |
| 5. retrospective termination violates natural justice. (Para 8) |
| 6. prohibits replacing long-serving contractual employee. (Para 9) |
| 7. dopt om inapplicable to open competitive contractual posts. (Para 10) |
| 8. fresh advertisement confirms impermissible contractual replacement. (Para 11) |
| 9. prior tribunal judgment applies despite distinctions. (Para 12 , 13 , 14) |
| 10. quash termination; re-engage till regular incumbent joins. (Para 15 , 16 , 17) |
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 T

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