CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL PRINCIPAL BENCH, NEW DELHI O.A. No. 4559/2015 Reserved on : 09.12.2025 Pronounced on : 18.12.2025 Hon’ble Mrs. Harvinder Kaur Oberoi, Member (J)

Hon’ble Dr. Sumeet Jerath, Member (A)

Mukhtiar Singh (PROOF READER GROUP-(C)

S/O: Shri Narain Singh, R/O: Q No. 102 Type-2 Lancer's Road, Timarpur, Delhi-110054 ….Applicant (By Advocate : Mr. Amit Kumar)

Vs.

1. Union of India Through the Secretary, Govt. of India, Ministry of Law and Justice, Legislative Department, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-110001.

2. The deputy secretary (Adma.LD-1), Govt. of India, Ministry of Law and Justice, Legislative Department, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-110001.

3. The Secretary, Govt. of India, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.

Department of Personnel & Training, New Delhi-110001. 4. Sh. Rajbir Singh [Respondent no. 4 to be served through the respondent no.2]

….Respondents (By Advocate : Mr. Rajesh Katyal)

Digitally signed by ORDER Hon'ble Dr. Sumeet Jerath, Member (A):

This is the fourth round of litigation. The instant OA has been filed by the applicant under section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 seeking the following reliefs:-

"(a) Quash and set aside the impugned order dt. 14.07.2015 (AnnexureA/1), Promotion order dt.20.04.2015 (Annexure.A/2), Order dt.06/11/2015 (Annexure.A/3), and Order dt. 17/11/2015 (Annexure.A/4), and allow the OA in favour of the applicant and against the respondents with heavy cost.

(b) Direct the respondent no.1 & 2 to antedate the date of promotion in the grade of Proof Reader over and above his juniors [private respondents] with all consequential benefits, on the basis of revised seniority position and from the date his immediate junior as find mentioned in the revised seniority list, has been promoted as Proof Reader.

(c) Direct the respondent no.1 & 2 to consequently, further consider the applicant for promotion in the grade of Assistant (Printing) as per Rules and in terms of DOP&T O.M. dt.27.03.2001, within a time bound period as this Hon'ble Tribunal may deem just and proper.

(d) Direct the respondent no.1 & 2 to pay arrears along with interest @ 18% per annum.

(e) Pass any other or further orders as this Hon'ble Tribunal may deem Lt and proper in the interest of justice.”

2. The factual background of the case as per the counsel of the applicant is that on 18.111988 the applicant was appointed as LDC in the Border Roads Organisation (BRO). On 01.12.2000 he was granted 1^st ACP (the date he completed 12 years of regular service). Meanwhile, vide advertisement dated 08-14.09.2007 published by the Legislative Department for one post of Copyholder on deputation Digitally signed by basis, the applicant applied for the same through proper channel. Upon his selection in the Legislative Department, he went on deputation there and was absorbed also vide order dated 01.04.2008. Subsequently, vide representations dated 05.09.2011, 21.11.2011 and 12.01.2012 the applicant sought fixation of seniority but to no avail. Aggrieved, the applicant filed OA No. 1187/2012 seeking disposal of his aforesaid pending representations. Based on the undertaking given by the respondents the OA was decided in applicant’s favour on 09.07.2012 wherein three months time was given to the respondents to decide the pending representations of the applicant. However, the applicant had to file Execution Application MA No. 3267/2012 in that OA. After issuance of notice on the MA the respondents rejected the representations of the applicant vide order dated 12.12.2012. Thereafter the applicant filed another OA No. 316/2013 wherein he challenged the rejection order dated 12.12.2012 as well as the seniority list of Copy Holders as on 01.04.2012 (which he sought through RTI). The said impugned order dated 12.12.2012 as well as the seniority list was however quashed by the Tribunal vide order dated 28.10.2014 with a direction to the respondent nos. 1 and 2 to revise the seniority of the applicant by fixing the applican