470 Central Administrative Tribunal Principal Bench, New Delhi O.A. No.4730/ 2025 Reserved on: 10.12.2025 Pronounced on: 12.12.2025 Hon’ble Mr. Manish Garg, Member (J)

Hon’ble Dr. Anand S Khati, Member (A)

1. Atul Sharma, S/o Mahesh Kumar Sharma, aged about 27 years, R/o Ward No. 24, Sharma Colony, Balaji Mandir ke Samne, Churu, Rajasthan -

331001

2. Navpradeep Solanki, S/o Surendra Singh,aged about 27 years, R/o Police Line Road, Adisal Singh Colony, Bundi, Rajasthan-323001.

3. Chakravati Singh, S/o Rajendra Singh, aged about 32 years, R/o Charno ka Bass, Rendari, Pali, Rajasthan-306103

4. Rajveer Singh Lakhawat, S/o Raghuveer Singh Lakhawat, aged about 32 years, R/o Rendri, Pali, Rajasthan 306103

5. Anil Kumar Yadav S/o Ramawtar Yadav, aged about 33 years, R/oRamsinghpura, Sikar, Rajasthan-332718

6. Sonu Suwalka C/o Rakesh Suhalka, aged about

34 years, R/o 132, Sinchai Nagar Keer Kheda, Chittaurgarh, Rajasthan 312001

7. Priti Verma D/o Ashok Kumar Verma, aged about 34 years, R/o Ward No. 28, Behind Manoranjan Club,Churu, Rajasthan - 331001

8. Nikul S/o Manga Ram, aged about 34 years, R/o Meghwalo ka Was, Ward No. 5, Netara, Pali, Rajasthan - 306902

9. Yogesh Kumar Meel S/o Ramkumar Meel, R/o Th Laxmangarh, Village Post Lalasi, aged about

26 years, Sikar, Rajasthan - 332315

10. Aniruddh Singh S/o Sahadev, aged about 31 years, R/o Karni Colony, Sojay, Pali, Rajasthan -

306104

11. Narendra Singh, S/o Veer Singh, aged about

25 years, R/o Kasane ka Nagala, Hindaun, Karauli, Rajasthan - 322236

12. Vikram Singh MehraS/o Madan Lal Mehra, aged about 34 years, R/o Shahpura, Chharsa, Jaipur, Rajasthan - 303120

13. Parul D/o Pawan Singh Maan, aged about 29 years, R/o Patti Maan, Sadakpur Sinoli, Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh - 250611

14. Ravinder Kaushik S/o Mohinder Singh, aged about 25 years, R/o 2813, Near Holi Mind School, Geeta Colony, Azad Nagar, Hisar, Haryana -

125001

15. Rohit S/o Rajesh Dalal Aged about 28 years, R/o Village-Ghuskani, Tigrana (10), Bhiwani, Haryana 127031.

...Applicants (By Advocates: Mr. Utsav Saxena, Mr. Utkarsh Dubey, Mr.

Devadipa Des Chatanya)

Versus

1. Union of India, through Ministry of Education Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-110001 uoidhc@gmail.com

2. CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION CBSE Integrated Office Complex, Sector-23, Phase 1, Dwarka New Delhi 110077 info.cbse@gov.in, niyazi786@gmail.com, 9810413706

3. NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI, through THE COMMISSIONER, INSTITUTIONAL AREA, B-15, SECTOR-62, NOIDA, G. B.

NAGAR(UP) commissioner.nvs@gov.in, 9999916638

4. Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan 18, Institutional Area Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg New Delhi-110016 advocaterajappa@gmail.com, 9810063946

5. National Council for Teacher EducationUNDER SECRETARY(LEGAL) OF NCTE(HQ).

BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG, NEW DELHI-110002 mail@ncte-india.org, nareshkshk@yahoo.co.in, 9811031792

6. Rehabilitation Council of India REHABILITATION COUNCIL OF INDIA B-22, QUTUB INSTITUTIONAL AREA, NEW DLEHI-110016 legalsecrci-depwd@gov.in, 9910354777.

…Respondents (By Advocates: Mr. S Rajappa, Mr. R. Gowrishankar, Ms. G Dhivyasri)

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

In the present Original Application, filed under Section 19 of the

Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, the applicants have prayed for the following relief(s):

“It is, therefore, most humbly prayed that this present Original Application be allowed and appropriate order and directions be issued to the respondents for deleting/doing away with the condition of being C.T.E.T. qualified for Special Teachers/Educators as the same is contrary to the rules framed by the Rehabilitation Council of India & also for consideration of the candidature of the applicant(s) not possessing the qualification of Central Teacher Eligibility Test (C.T.E.T.) due to non-conduct of the same in the year 2025 under the recruitment notification 01/2025 for recruitment of various teaching &non-teaching posts in Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan and Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti or in the alternative;

The applicant(s) be permitted to appear in the recruitment