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1 O.A No. 1388/2015

Item 48 (C-3)

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL

PRINCIPAL BENCH, NEW DELHI

O.A. No. 1388/2015

Reserved on : 19.01.2026

Pronounced on : 29.01.2026

Hon’ble Mrs. Harvinder Kaur Oberoi, Member (J)

Hon’ble Dr. Sumeet Jerath, Member (A)

1. Sh. Sanjay Pandey, Aged-42 Years,

S/o Sri R.C. Pandey,

as Additional Commissioner of Income Tax,

presently posted in the office of DIT(Vig) North,

CR Building, New Delhi.

R/o L-1303, Girnar Apartments,

Kaushambi, Ghaziabad.

2. VinaySinha, Aged-39 Years,

S/o Sri Ramashankar Prasad

as Additional Commissioner of Income Tax,

Directorate of risk Assessment, CBDT,

Mayur Bhawan, New Delhi.

R/o Villa No 96, 1ª Floor, Charmwood Village

Surajkund, Faridabad.

3. PravinRawal, Aged-40 Years,

S/o Dr. Ram Singh Rawal,

as Additional Commissioner of Income Tax,

presently posted in the office of CBDT,

North Block, New Delhi

R/o 16B, Tilak Bridge Railway Officers Colony,

New Delhi-110001

4. Deepshikha Sharma, Aged-42 Years,

W/o Sri Neeraj Kumar,

as Additional Commissioner of Income Tax,

presently posted in the office of CBDT

North Block, New Delhi

R/o B-4/185B, Ground Floor,

Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi.

Digitally signed by MAYA

MAYA BAHADUR

BAHADUR SINGH

SINGH TARAGI

TARAGI

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5. RohitGarg, Aged-42 Years,

S/o Sri Vinod Kumar Garg,

as Additional Commissioner of Income Tax,

presently posted in the office of CBDT

North Block, New Delhi

R/o 68, Block-1, F.F. Eros Garden, Faridabad-09

6. Manoj Kumar Mahar, Aged-40 Years,

S/o SriKalyan Prasad,

as Additional Commissioner of Income Tax,

presently posted in the office of DIT(Pub)

CBDT, MayurBhavan, Connaught Circus

New Delhi

R/o D-1/200, Bharti Nagar,

Maharishi Raman Marg, New Delhi-110003

7. Salil Mishra, Aged-39 Years,

S/o Shri G.P. Mishra,

as Additional Commissioner of Income Tax,

presently posted in the office of DIT(Vig) North,

CR Building, New Delhi.

R/o R-602, Girnar Apartments,

Kaushambi, Ghaziabad. ….Applicants

(By Advocate : Mr. Yogesh Sharma)

Vs.

1. The Union of India through the Secretary,

Dept of Revenue, Ministry of Finance,

Govt. of India, North Block, New Delhi.

2. Central Board of Direct Taxes,

Through its Chairman, North Block,

New Delhi-110001 ….Respondents

(By Advocate : Mr. S. N. Verma and Mr. Hanu Bhaskar)

ORDER

Hon'ble Dr. Sumeet Jerath, Member (A):

The instant OA has been filed by the applicants under section 19 of the

Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 seeking the following reliefs:-

Digitally signed by MAYA

M AYA BAHADUR

BAHADUR SINGH

SINGH TARAGI

TARAGI

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"i) That the Hon'ble Tribunal may graciously be pleased to pass an

order of quashing the impugned order dated 12.11.2013(A/1) only

to the extent by which the applicants have not been granted their

promotion to the post of Joint Commissioner of Income Tax from

due dates and consequently, pass an order directing the

respondents to grant the promotion to the applicants to the post of

Joint Commissioner of Income Tax from 23.9.2010 j.e. from the

date of DPC or alternatively, from 30.03.2011, the date from which

the applicants were directed to officiate as JCIT (OSD) in various

field formations of the respondent, or atleast from 6.7.2012 i.e.

from the date of the judgment of the Hon'ble Delhi court with all

the consequential benefits.

(ii) That the Hon'ble Tribunal may graciously be pleased to pass an

order of quashing the impugned order dated 28.2.2014(A/2) only

the extent by which the applicants have been granted Selection

Grade(Non-functional) w.e.f. 12.11.2013 and consequently, pass

an order directing the respondents to grant the Selection

Grade(Non-functional) to the applicants w.e.f. 1.1.2013 with all

the consequential benefits including the arrears of difference of

pay and allowances with interest.

(iii) Any other relief which the Hon'ble Tribunal deem fit and proper

may also be granted to the applicants along with the costs of

litigation.”

2. The factual matrix of the case as per the counsel of the applicants

is that the applicants were directly recruited officers of 2000 batch of Indian

R