CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, ERNAKULAM BENCH, ERNAKULAM Original Application No. 180/00500/2024 Friday, this the 5^th day of December, 2025 CORAM:

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sunil Thomas, Member (J) Hon'ble Mr. Braj Mohan Agrawal, Member (A)

Sathiq Buhari, S/o. P. Buhari, aged 55 years, Residing at Arafa, TC No. 66/655(7), Poomkulam, Vellayani PO, Thiruvananthapuram – 695 522. ..... Applicant (By Advocate: Mr. Vishnu S. Chempazhanthiyil)

V e r s u s

1. Union of India, represented by its Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice, Department of Legal Affairs, Government of India, 4^th Floor, A-Wing, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi – 110 001.

2. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, Government of India, New Delhi – 110001, Represented by Deputy Secretary.

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

4. Paresh M. Joshi, Judicial Member, ITAT Chandigarh Bench, Kendriya Sadan, Sector-9A, Chandigarh – 160009.

5. Pradiplumar Choubey, Judicial Member, ITAT Kolkata Bench, 225C, AJC Bose Road, 6^th & 7^th Floors, Kolkata – 700020, West Bengal.

6. Kamal Kant, Judicial Member, ITAT Kol