(Reserved on 24.11.2025)

Central Administrative Tribunal, Allahabad Bench Allahabad ****

This is the 19^th Day of January, 2026 Original Application No.924/2021 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Joshi, Member (Judicial)

Hon’ble Mr. Anjani Nandan Sharan, Member (Administrative)

1. Indresh aged about 35 years son of Paltu Maurya R/o Village and post Bharauli, District Azamgarh.

2. Govind Yadav aged about 33 years son of Radheshyam Yadav R/o Village and Post Shivpur, District Azamgarh.

……….. Applicants By Adv.: Shri Babu Nandan Singh Versus

1. Union of India through its Secretary Ministry of Communication and Information Technology Department of Post Dak Bhawan, New Delhi. 2. The Sr. Supdt. Of Post Offices, Azamgarh Division, Azamgarh.

3. The Chief Post Master General, U.P. Circle, Lucknow.

……….… Respondents By Advocate: Shri Mahendra Prasad Mishra

O R D E R

By Justice Rajiv Joshi, Member (Judicial)

Heard Shri Babu Nandan Singh, learned counsel for the applicants and Shri Mahendra Prasad Mishra, learned counsel for the respondents.

2. Instant Original Application has been filed by the applicant on 09.11.2021 under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 seeking the following main relief(s):-

“i. to issue a suitable order or direction to the respondents to allow the applicants to appear in the competitive examination in pursuant of notification dated 04.10.2021f or recruitment to the cadre of postman and mail Guard from eligible MTS and GDS and result may be declare and successful candidates provide promotion. “

3. The brief facts of the case, as stated in the Original Application, are that the respondent’s department issued a notification dated 04.10.2021 inviting applications for a competitive examination for recruitment to the cadre of Postman and Mail Guard from eligible MTS and GDS candidates for the vacancy year 2021. In pursuance of the said notification, the applicants submitted their applications along with the required documents within the prescribed time, claiming to fulfill the requisite conditions as per the notification.

3.1 Applicant No.1 was appointed on 23.02.2008 on the post of GDSMD/MC, Bhilampur Chapra Branch Post Office and Applicant No.2 was appointed on 01.02.2008 on the post of GDSMD/MC, Dewara Jadid II Branch Post Office. Both the applicants have completed more than 13 years of continuous regular service and thus fulfilled the eligibility conditions to appear in the competitive examination as per the notification dated 04.10.2021. Applicant No.1 had passed High School in the year 2001 and Applicant No.2 had passed High School in the year 2007, both with English as one of the subjects, through Adhikari Pariksha conducted by Gurukul Vishwavidyalaya, Vrindavan, Mathura, which at the relevant time was recognized and treated as equivalent to High School.

3.2 Despite submitting their applications in time, the applicants were not issued admit cards, whereas similarly situated candidates were issued admit cards for the examination. On enquiry, the applicants were orally informed by the concerned authority that they would not be permitted to appear in the examination on the ground that they had passed Adhikari Pariksha from Gurukul Vishwavidyalaya, Vrindavan, Mathura.

3.3 Being aggrieved, the applicants made representations to the respondent authorities requesting that they be permitted to appear in the aforesaid examination; however, no action was taken by the respondents.

Hence, the applicants have filed the present Original Application.

4. Counter Affidavit has been filed from the side of side of the respondents on 30.05.2025, wherein the primary objection has been raised that the applicants were not eligible to appear in the competitive examination for recruitment to the cadre of Postman for the vacancy year 2021, as per the notification dated 04.10.2021. According to the respondents, eligibility for GDS candidates required passing of High School (10th Standard) from a recognized Board and the applicants’ qualification of Adh