Central Administrative Tribunal Principal Bench, New Delhi O.A. No. 132/2025 Reserved on:- 08.01.2026 Pronounced on:- 22.01.2026 Hon’ble Mr. Manish Garg, Member (J)

Hon’ble Dr. Anand S. Khati, Member (A)

1. Ankit Yadav (Central Railway, RRC)

S/o Sh. Veersen Yadav R/o 750/W2, Damodar Nagar, Kanpur (U.P.)

Presently at: 665/1 & 673/1, Sri Apartment, Ghitorni, Delhi –

110030

2. Vinod Kumar Sharma (Northern Railway, RRC)

S/o Shiv Prasad Sharma R/o Ward No. 11, Subhash Nagar, P.S. Gour, District Basti, Uttar Pradesh

3. Ravindra Kumar (Northern Railway)

S/o Lautoo Ram R/o Village Bohana, Post Sema, Thana Jahanaganj, District Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh – 276131

4. Ritesh Kumar Singh (Chandigarh – Northern Railway)

S/o Kedar Nath Singh R/o Village Chandi, Post Office Chandi, Thana Nagra, District Ballia, Uttar Pradesh – 221711

5. Rahul Yadav (Northern Railway, New Delhi – Chhattisgarh)

S/o Ravindra Yadav R/o Village Siyabasti, Post Bhopaura, Thana & Tehsil Muhammadabad Gohana, District Mau, Uttar Pradesh – 275302

6. Chetan Bhati (Western Railway, Mumbai)

S/o Banshi Lal R/o Goyalon Ki Dhani, Kaliberi, Soorsagar, Jodhpur, Rajasthan – 342024

7. Yogesh Kumar (Ahmedabad)

S/o Gajraj Singh R/o Village Pachata, Post Bhatikra, District Hathras, Uttar Pradesh – 204211

8. Ravendra (Western Railway, Mumbai)

S/o Radheshyam R/o VPO Moloni, Tehsil Weir, District Bharatpur, Rajasthan

9. Shivam (SWR, Hubli)

S/o Bhola Ram R/o Village Mamnapur, Post Alampur, District Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh – 212659

10. Tariq Anwar (South Western Railway)

S/o Hafij Ahmad R/o Katra Uttari, Ward No. 2, Bharatganj, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh – 212104

11. Ambreesh Agrahari (NWR, Ajmer)

S/o Babu Lal Agrahari R/o Village & Post Mahrajganj, District Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh – 227808

12. Sashikant Sharma (SER, Ranchi)

S/o Surendra Sharma R/o House No. 2/20, Netaji Nagar, Panbasti, P.O. Nabanagar, District North 24 Parganas, West Bengal

13. Badal Kumar Verma R/o Village Kheskari, District Giridih, Jharkhand – 825320 ...Applicants (By Advocates: Mr. Shirkant Prasad with Mr. Ritik)

Versus

1. Union of India Through the Ministry of Railways, Through its Secretary, Rail Bhavan, Raisina Road, New Delhi – 110001

2. Railway Recruitment Board Through the Ministry of Railways, Rail Bhavan, Raisina Road, New Delhi – 110001

3. Railway Recruitment Board Through the Executive Director (Establishment), Railway Board, Rail Bhavan, Raisina Road, New Delhi – 110001

4. Union of India (MSDE)

Through the Controller of Examination, Director General of Training, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, 7th Floor, New Kaushal Bhawan, Near Safdarjung Railway Station, Chanakyapuri, New Moti Bagh, New Delhi – 110023 …Respondents (By Advocate: Mr. Ronak Karanpuria)

ORDER Hon’ble Mr. Manish Garg, Member (J) :

In the present O.A. filed under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, the applicants have prayed for the following reliefs:-

“A. Honourable court may be pleased to quash and set aside the representation reply of 28.02.2023 which is decided Capraciously without considering 25.01.2022 circular of R- 4(As Annexure P4) & Existing provisions of Law & Facts Hence is against the Article 14,16 and 21 of the constitution of india.

B. Honourable court may be pleased to direct the respondent to offer them appointment letters by considering the order dated 17.08.2022 and their NCVT Certificates as eligibility criteria for giving weightage to apprentice & exemption from the said NCVT exam certificate was further development made prospectively after 3 year of releasing advertisement, unless ineligible for other reasons. the C. Honourable court may be pleased to issue any other order/judgement etc in the interest of justice.”

2. Highlighting the facts of the case, learned counsel for the applicants submitted that the present Original Application arises out of recruitment notified vide CEN RRC 01/2019 dated 23.02.2019 and constitutes the second round of litigation, wherein the applicants, belonging to the Course Completed Act Apprentices