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CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL

PRINCIPAL BENCH, NEW DELHI

O.A. No. 4499/2015

Reserved on : 14.01.2026

Pronounced on : 03.02.2026

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

Hon’ble Dr. Sumeet Jerath, Member (A)

1. Ramnivas Shanwal,

Aged About 43 Years,

S/o Late Sh. Pratap Singh,

R/o Flat No. 61A, Ground Floor,

Indraprastha Colony, Sec-30-33, Faridabad-121003

2. Debasish Goswami,

Aged About 47 Years,

S/o Late Sh. D.K. Goswami,

R/o 71-C, Kanchanjunga Apartments,

Sec-53, Noida-201301

3. Rajeev Kumar,

Aged About 47 Years,

S/o Late Sh. Roshan Lal,

R/o Qtr. No. 38, Road No. 3, Type-III,

Andrews Ganj, New Delhi-110049

4. K.V. Ajeet Kumar,

Aged About 43 Years,

S/o Late Sh. K. Vasudevan,

R/o D-1/74, Lodhi Colony,

New Delhi-110003 ….Applicants

(By Advocate : Mr. M. K. Bhardwaj)

Vs.

1. Union of India,

Though Cabinet Secretary,

Govt. of India, Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi-110004

2. Directorate General of Security,

Aviation Research Centre, Cabinet Secretariat,

Govt. of India, East Block-V,

R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110066

3. The Special Secretary.

Aviation Research Centre,

Digitally signed by

MAYA BAHADUR

MAYA BAHADUR

SINGH TARAGI

SINGH TARAGI

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Cabinet Secretariat,

Govt. of India, East Block-V, R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110066

4. The Dy. Director (Pers.),

Directorate General of Security.

Aviation Research Centre.

Cabinet Secretariat,

Govt. of India, East Block-V, R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110066

5. The Secretary,

Department of Personnel & Training.

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pension,

Govt. of India, North Block, New Delhi-110001

6. Shweta Gupta

Field Officer (G)

7. R.P. Singh Field Officer (G)

8. Atanu Kr. Dey Field Officer (G)

9. Ramneesh Kumar, Field Officer (G)

10. N.S. Brar Field Officer (G)

11. Duryodhan Sahu, Field Officer (G)

12. D.S. Murthy, Field Officer (G)

13. Jagdish Kumar, Field Officer (G)

Service to Private Respondents No. 6 to 13 (incumbents of Store/ SFF) be

effected by Respondent No. 4 i.e. Dy. Director (Pers.), Directorate General

of Security, ARC

….Respondents

(By Advocate : Mr. R. K. Jain)

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:-

"1. Call for the records of the case and examine the same.

2. Quash and set aside the Combined Draft Seniority list of Field

Officer (G) circulated vides Office OM NO. ARC/Pers.IV/490/2011,

Digitally signed by

MAYA BAHADUR

MAYA BAHADUR

SINGH TARAGI

SINGH TARAGI

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Dated 12.09.2011 thereafter, OM. No. ARC/Pers.IV/482/2014-729,

Dated 30.06.2014 and Memorandum No. ARC/Pers-IV/482/2014,

OM No. ARC/06/01/2014-Pers.1, ARC/Pers-IV/482/2014,

No.ARC/Pers. IV/483/2013-1140, and 07/05/2015, 23/04/2015,

22/04/2015 OM. dated and 21/07/2014 annexed as Annexure A-1

Colly to the application.

3. Quash and set aside the merger of the three cadres of ARC

(Junior Executives), SFF (Field Officers) and ARC Logistics Staff

Service (Store Cadre) done in Nov 2010.

4. Direct the respondents to redraft the combined seniority list on

the basis of total length of service so as to bring uniformity in the

seniority and to protect the service seniority of the applicants

considering the prevalent service condition of the erstwhile cadre.

5. Direct the respondents to formulate a promotion policy that

does not creates inequality and gives due legal weightage and

regard to the service seniority of the applicants in accordance with

the DOPT instructions.

6. Quash the direct recruitment of SFO (G) or direct the

respondents to fix their seniority from the date of appointment in

ARC.

7. Pass such further and other order(s), which this Hon'ble

Tribunal may deem fit and proper in the interest of justice.”

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

is that the applicants joined as Deputy Field Officer (G) on different dates

and later promoted as Field Officer (G) also on different dates. They are

presently working as Field Officers. Subse