CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL PRINCIPAL BENCH O.A. No. 3954/2025 Reserved on : 15.12.2025 Pronounced on : 18.12.2025 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ranjit More, Chairman Hon’ble Dr. Anand S. Khati, Member (A)

Basant Singh Son of Balinder Singh Aged 30 Years Residing at B-169, Sector-105 Noida, UP ... Applicant (By Advocate : Mr. Vikram Hegde with Ms. Chinmayi Shrivastava)

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1. Union of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training North Block, New Delhi -110001 Represented by its Secretary

2. Rajput Neha Uddhav Singh C/o Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training North Block, New Delhi -110001 ... Respondents (By Advocate: Mr. Jalaj Aggarwal)

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

In the present Original Application (O.A.) filed under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, the applicant is an aspirant of All India Civil Services and appeared in Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2023 as an OBC Non-Creamy Layer (NCL) candidate and submitted all relevant certificates/information to the UPSC. Though he was successful in the examination and attained All India rank of 47, the re