Central Administrative Tribunal Principal Bench, New Delhi O.A. No. 348/2023 This the 12^thday of December, 2025 Hon’ble Mr. Manish Garg, Member (J)

Hon’ble Mr. Rajinder Kashyap, Member (A)

1. Sulkashna Yadav Aged about 39 years D/o Sh: Veer Singh R/o RZ-148/74, Gali No. 10, Sagarpur East, New Delhi 110046 Post: Special Education Teacher Post Code: 146/14, Group: B

2. Nita Kumari Aged about 41 years D/o Sh: Dauli Ram Bharti R/o 12/455, Mandoli Extn., Delhi Post: Special Education Teacher Post Code: 146/14, Group: B

3. Asmat Jahan Aged about 35 years D/o Mohd. Ilyas, R/o B-910, Gali No. 18, Shree Ram Colony,Rajeev-Nagar, Khajoori Khas, Delhi-110094 Post: Special Education Teacher Post Code: 146/14, Group: B

4. Farha Rahat Aged about 44 years W/o Mohd. Shoaib, R/o FA, 14/15, 3 Floor, Thokar No. 04 Abul Fazal,

Part I, Okhla-25, Delhi

Post: Special Education Teacher

Post Code: 146/14, Group: B

5. Geetanjali Aged about 40 years D/o Tapan Das R/o C-4/13, Upper Ground Floor, Sector-15, Rohini, Delhi 110089 Post: Special Education Teacher Post Code: 146/14, Group : B ...Applicants (Through Advocate(s): Ms. Tanya Rose for Mr. Anuj Aggarwal)

Versus

1. The Hon'ble Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Government of N.C.T. of Delhi Block 6, Raj Niwas Marg, Civil Lines, New Delhi-110054

2. Deihl Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB)

Through its Chairman, Govt. ofNCT of Delhi, FC-18, Institutional Area, Karkardooma, Delhi - 110092

3. Govt. of NCT of Delhi Through its Director of Education Directorate of Education, Old Secretariat Building, Civil Lines, Delhi-110054 ...Respondents (Through Advocate(s): Mr.Tanmay Vasishtha for Mr. Amit Anand

SHILPI GUPTA2026.01.09 Mr. Acharya Santosh Prasad

Chaurasiya

Mr. Niraj Kumar for

Mr. Swetank Shantanu)

ORDER (ORAL)

Hon’ble Mr. Manish Garg, Member (J)

By way of the present O.A. the applicants seek following reliefs:-

“8. (i) Set aside the impugned Order No. F.397 /DDE(IEB)/Court Case/2022-23/665-76 dated 24.05.2022 passed by the Directorate of Education, whereby the request of the applicants herein pertaining to relaxation of CTET qualification for appointment on the post of Special Education Teacher (Post Code 146/14) in DOE was rejected;

(ii) Set aside the impugned Rejection Notice No. 436 dated 03.02.2016, whereby the candidature of the applicant for appointment on the post of Special Education Teacher (Post Code 146/14) in DOE was rejected on the ground that the applicant had cleared CTET qualification after 27.02.2014 i.e., stipulated closing date for submitting the application form;

(iii) direct the respondents to relax CTET qualification for the applicants for appointment on the post of Special Education Teacher (Post Code 146/14) in DOE and accordingly, consider the candidature of the applicant for appointment on the post of Special Education Teacher (Post Code 146/14) in DOE without insisting on the condition that the applicants ought to have possessed CTET qualification on/ or before the cut off date i.e. 27.02.2014;

(iv) direct the respondents to appoint the applicants for appointment on the post of Special Education Teacher (Post Code 146/14) in DOE and grant them all the consequential benefits (monetary as well as non- monetary) thereof including seniority, back wages, etc; (v) allow the present Original Application with costs in favour of the applicant;

(vi) issue any other appropriate order or direction as this Hon'ble Tribunal may deem fit and proper in the

SHILPI GUPTA interest of justice and in the favour of the applicant.”

2. Highlighting the facts of the present case, learned

counsel appearing on behalf of the applicants would

submits that the applicants have applied for the post of Special Education Teacher (Post Code 146/14) in Directorate of Education pursuant to the Advertisement No. 01/2014 dated 27.01.2014 issued by the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB). The cut- off date was 27.02.2014 and the applicants have obtained the qualification of CTET on 09.10.2014.

2.1 Learned counsel for the applic