(Open Court)

Central Administrative Tribunal Allahabad Bench, Allahabad ****

Original Application No.577 of 2018 th This the 26 Day of November, 2025.

Hon’ble Mr. Rajnish Kumar Rai, Member (J)

1. Smt Reena Sehgal, Junior Technical Officer JTO (S) aged about 46 years, W/o Raman Sehgal, O/o CQA (M) DGQA Kanpur.

2. Mahesh Kumar, Junior Technical Officer JTO (S) aged about

50 years, S/o Moti Lal, O/o CQA (M) DGQA Kanpur.

3. J. K. Gupta, Junior Technical Officer JTO (S) aged about 44 years, S/o Late S. G. Gupta, O/o CQA (GS) DGQA Kanpur.

4. Naresh Goel, Junior Technical Officer JTO (S) aged about 45 years, S/o Late Amar Nath Goel, O/o CQA (M) DGQA Kanpur.

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….Applicants By Advocate: Shri Anil Kumar Singh Versus

1. Union of India through its Secretary, Ministry of Defence Production 136 South Block, New Delhi.

2. The Director General of Quality Assurance Government of India Ministry of Defence Production-DGQA (Stores)

Nirman Bhawan P.O. New Delhi.

3. The ADDL. DGQA/S) Department of Defence Production-DGQA Q-Block New Delhi.

4. Controller CQA (GS)/ CQA (T & C) / CQA (M)/ CQA (PP)

Kanpur …

Respondents By Advocate: Shri Raghvendra Pratap Singh.

ORDER Shri Anil Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the applicants and Shri Raghvendra Pratap Singh, learned counsel for the respondents are present and heard.

This Original Application has been filed by the applicants

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challenging the impugned Transfer Order dated , 16.05.2018 issued by Respondent No.2, whereby the applicants have been directed to relocate from their present postings at Kanpur to to various different places i.e. New Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai other stations. The applicants have further assailed the consequential actions flowing from the said Transfer Order.

Upon initial consideration, this Tribunal, vide its interim Order , was pleased to restrain the respondents from dated 29.05.2018 compelling the applicants to move out of their current place of posting. The said interim relief remains in operation as on date.

The matter is listed today under the heading ‘Final

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Hearing’. Learned Counsel for the applicants and Learned Counsel for the respondents have been heard at length. The parties reiterated their respective positions based on the pleadings, annexed documents, and previous interim orders passed in this case.

Learned counsel for the applicants submitted that, in view

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of changed circumstances over time, several applicants have either joined at their transferred stations, superannuated, or are still continuing at their present place of posting. He placed reliance upon the earlier decision of this Tribunal dated passed in , wherein a similarly

22.04.2025 O.A. No. 1010 of 2017 situated applicant nearing superannuation was extended protection under the Transfer Policy dated . The

10.02.2017 relevant portion of the Order dated 22.04.2025 is reproduced below for reference:-

“Open Court CENTRALADMINISTRATIVETRIBUNAL ALLAHABADBENCH ALLAHABAD *********

OriginalApplicationNo.1010of2017 nd Allahabadthisthe22 dayofApril,2025 Hon’bleMr.RajnishKumarRai,Member-J

1. Anjali Dayal (SA), aged about 45 years, W/o Ravindra Kumar, Resident of SH-123 6^th Floor Chandra Ganga Enclave Pokharpur, Kanpur Jajmau, 208010 CQA (Materials).

2. Mithlesh Kumar JTO (S), aged about 53 years, S/o Late Babu Lal, Resident of House No. 4/233 Purana Kanpur 208002 CQA (Textile & Clothing).

3. Deleted vide Order dated 22.12.2022.

4. Dinesh Kumar Srivastava JTO (S), aged about 56 years, S/o Shri Umesh Chandra Lal, Resident of G-2, Shri Girdhari Apptt 128-543/13, ‘K’ Block Kidwai Nagar, Kanpur – 208011 CQA (Textile & Clothing).

5. Uma Shanker JTO (S), aged about 50 years, S/o Late Bhikha Ram, Resident of H. No. 90, Amrit Puram, Koyla Nagar, Kanpur Textile & Clothing.

Applicant ByAdvocates:Mr.AnilKumarSingh Mr.M.K.Upadhyay Vs.

1. Union of India through its Secretary, Ministry of Defence Production 136, South Block, New Delhi.

2. The Director General of Quality Assurance Government of India Ministry of Defence Production-DGQA, 308-A, D-I Wing, Sena Bhawan