CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL CORAM:

Reserved on 15.01.2026 Pronounced on 21.0 1.2026 THE HON’BLE SHRI SUDHI RANJAN MISHRA, MEMBER (J)

THE HON’BLE SHRI PRAMOD KUMAR DAS, MEMBER (A)

Smt. Sakuntala Sahu, aged about 53 years, wife of late Shri Abhimanyu Sahu, Ex-Driver, ICMR and at present residing At- Alia Bad, PO- Karapada, PS/Dist- Ganjam, Odisha, PIN-

760008. VERSUS ……Applicant

1. Union of India, represented through the Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, At- Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi, PIN-

110001.

2. Director General & Secretary, Department of Health Research, Indian Council of Medical Research, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, PIN-

110029.

3. Director, National Institute of Malaria Research, Sector-8, Dwaraka, New Delhi, PIN-

110077.

4. Administrative Officer, National Institute of Malaria Research, Sector-8, Dwaraka, New Delhi. PIN-110077.

……Respondents For the applicant : Mr. S.K.Ojha, Counsel For the respondents : Ms. S.B.Das, Counsel O R D E R PRAMOD KUMAR DAS, MEMBER (A):

The husband of the applicant, namely Late Abhimany Sahu admittedly while working as Driver in ICMR, prematurely died on 25.05.2018. After expiry of more than three years, show cause notice dated 23.07.2021 was iss