CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL CHANDIGARH BENCH Original Application No.060/753/2025 Pronounced on: 05.12.2025 Reserved on: 13.11.2025 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. SURESH KUMAR BATRA, MEMBER (J)

HON’BLE MRS. RASHMI SAXENA SAHNI, MEMBER (A)

Jagdeep Dhanda aged about 51 years, son of Sh. Jailal Dhanda, resident of House No. 242/6, near Durga Mandir, Narwana, District Jind (Haryana), presently posted as Additional Director (Administration), Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, Haryana, Chandigarh.

... Applicant By Advocate: Mr. Gurminder Singh, Senior Advocate along with Mr. Inder Pal Goyat and Mr. Satyam Tandon Versus

1. Union of India through its Secretary, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Personnel and Training, North Block, Central Secretariat, New Delhi. [110001]

2. Union Public Service Commission, through its Secretary, Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi. [110069].

3. Chief Secretary, State of Haryana, Haryana Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh- 160001 Digitally signed by MAMTA ... .Respondents WADHWA By Advocate: Mr. Sanjay Goyal, Sr. CGSC for Resp. No. 1 Mr. S.K. Vashisht, for Resp. No. 2 Mr. B.B. Sharma for Resp. No. 3

O R D E R

Per: SURESH KUMAR BATRA MEMBER (J):-

1. The present Original Application has been filed under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 seeking the following relief:-

(i) To quash and set aside the impugned decision of the respondent No.2 qua the applicant, whereby the applicant has been included as PROVISIONAL in the 'Select List of 2020-2022' for promotion of SCS Officers to IAS of Haryana Cadre in the Selection Committee Meeting (SCM) held on 14.07.2025;

(ii) To direct the respondent No.2 to declare the PROVISIONAL inclusion of the applicant in the 'Select List of 2020-2022 pursuant to the Selection Committee Meeting (SCM) held on 14.07.2025 for promotion of SCS Officers to IAS of Haryana Cadre as UNCONDITIONAL and issue necessary consequential orders in this regard forthwith with further directions to respondent No.1 to appoint the applicant to the Indian Administrative Service in consequence thereof.

(iii) To direct the respondent No.2 to review the proceedings of the Selection Committee Meeting dated 14.07.2025, in view of the fact that the applicant has not been considered fairly;

iii) To direct respondent No.1 to notify the name of the applicant in the Select List for 2020-2022 'unconditionally' and promote him to the IAS of Haryana cadre;

2. The facts of the case, in brief, are that the applicant was appointed to the Haryana Civil Services (Executive Branch) through direct recruitment on 04.09.2002, and his services in the State civil Service were confirmed w.e.f. 04.09.2004. The respondent No.3 requested respondent No.1 on 22.02.2022 to determine the vacancy position for the years 2020 and 2021 (Annexure A-3), and again on 25.04.2022 requested for determination of three vacancies through appointment by promotion from SCS to IAS for the Select List of 2020 and seven vacancies (four SCS and three Non-SCS) for the Select List of 2021 (Annexure A-4). Accordingly, the respondent No. 1 determined vacancies through appointment by promotion from SCS to IAS of Haryana. Thereafter, on 01.07.2022, respondent No.3 forwarded the material/proposal for convening the Selection Committee Meeting (SCM) for the years 2020 and 2021 (Annexure A-5), and on 21.07.2022, communicated to respondent No.2 to prepare the select lists for 2020– 2021, specifically mentioning the applicant at Sr. No.4 as eligible for consideration (Annexure A-6).

3. The Respondent No.2 fixed 08.12.2022 as the date for the SCM (Annexure A-7), to prepare a select list of the year 2020-2021 for promotion of HCS to IAS, but on 06.12.2022, respondent No.3 abruptly sought postponement of the meeting due to administrative exigencies, leading to the meeting being postponed on 08.12.2022 (Annexure A-8). Soon thereafter, on 22.12.2022, respondent No.3 sent to respondent No.2 a memo dated 08.09.2022 rece