CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL PRINCIPAL BENCH: NEW DELHI O.A. No. 3577/2024 This the 01^ST day of December, 2025 Hon’ble Dr. Chhabilendra Roul, Member (A)

Mr. DEVENDRA KUMAR SAHA, Aged about 60 years Son of Mr. Nand Kishore Saha, R/o Nivedita Sarani, TulakataJote, PO.Kadamtala - 734011, Distt. - Daejeeling (West Bengal)

... Applicant (By Advocate : Mr. Hemant K.Chaudhary)

Versus

1. UNION OF INDIA Thru its Secretary (Department of Water Resources, RD &GR)

Ministry of Jal Shakti, Shram Shakti Bhavan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110001

2. M/s National Projects Construction Corporation Ltd., (A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ENTERPRISE), Thru its Chairman & Managing Director Plot No. 148, Sector - 44, Gurugram-122003 (Haryana)

…Respondents (By Advocate: Mr. S.N. Verma for R-1 and Ms. Larika Khandelwal with Mr. Rishi Raj Deswal for R-2)

ORDER (ORAL)

By Hon’ble Dr. Chhabilendra Roul, Member (A):

The factual matrix of the case is that the applicant retired from the service of the respondents w.e.f. 31.12.2022, however, the respondents did not release various retiral benefits, such as gratuity and leave encashment, immediately upon his superannuation. After the filing of the present OA, the respondents passed an or