CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL PRINCIPAL BENCH, NEW DELHI O.A. No. 3631/2015 Reserved on : 05.02.2026 Pronounced on : 11.02.2026 Hon’ble Mrs. Harvinder Kaur Oberoi, Member (J)

Hon’ble Dr. Sumeet Jerath, Member (A)

1. Association of Gazetted Officers (Technical Education), Delhi Kasturba Polytechnic for Women, Muni Maya Ram Marg. Pitampura, Delhi-110 088, Through its General Secretary, Manoj Kumar Singh

2 Manoj Kumar Singh S/o Late Shri. Sahden Singh, aged about 44 years, Flat No.18, Type-IV, Kasturba Polytechnic Campus, Pitampura, Delhi-110 088, 3. Ratnesh Kumar Gupta S/o Shri Atma Ram Gupta, aged about 34 years Rio Flat No.15, Type-IV, Ambedkar Polytechnic Campus, Shakarpur, New Delhi-110 092

4. Nanak Ram S/o Shri Shyam Singh Saini, aged about 35 years R/o Flat No. 82/109, Type IV, Delhi Government Officers Residential Complex, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi 110 088.

5. Vinayak Ketkar S/o Shri Vijay Ketkar, aged about 39 years R/o Qtr. No.1/7, Type-IV, Aryabhatt Enclave, Phase-III, Ashok Vihar, Delhi 110 052

6. Deepak Kumar Sainy S/o Shri Gopal Singh Sainy, aged about 34 years Flat No.2/3, Aryabhatt Enclave, Ashok Vihar, Ph-3, Delhi-110052, 7 C Arumugam S/o Shri C Chinnan, aged about 45 years R/o Flat No.2/15, Aryabhatt Enclave, Ashok Vihar, Ph-3, Delhi 110 052, 8. Kripa Nana Jha S/o Late Radha Kant Jha, aged about 45 years R/o 77, Metro Apartments, Jahangirpuri, New Delhi-110 033

9. Sunil Kumar Gupta S/o Shri J.P. Gupta, aged about 43 years R/o F-1 /160 - 161, Sector-16, Rohini, Delhi-110 089, 10. Pritpal Singh S/o. Shri Mohinder Singh, aged about 36 years R/o Flat No. 2/13, Aryabhatt Enclave, Ashok Vihar, Phase-3, Delhi -110 052

11. Malay Kumar Roy Chaudhary S/o Late Nani Gopal Roy Chaudhary, aged about 33 years R/o F-7/198, First Floor, Sector-16, Rohini, Delhi-110 089. ……Applicants (By Advocate : Mr. Praveen Swaroop)

Versus

1. Government of NCT of Delhi, Through its Principal Secretary Raj Niwas, Court Lane, Delhi-110 054

2. All India Council for Technical Education, Through its Chairman, 7th Floor, Chandralok Building, Janpath, New Delhi-110 001 3. Union of India, Through its Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Shastri Bhawn, New Delhi. ……Respondents (By Advocate : Mr. Amit Anand with Mr. Tanmay Vashistha and Mr.

Gyanendra Singh with Ms. Ring Baliyan)

ORDER Hon'ble Dr. Sumeet Jerath, Member (A) :

The instant OA has been filed by the applicants under section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 seeking the following reliefs:-

"(i) Quash and set aside clause 1.3 of the All India Council for Technical Education [Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) for the Teachers and other Academic Staff in Technical Institutions]

(Diploma), Regulations, 2012; and/or (ii) Quash and set aside clauses 3 i.e. clauses 3.1 to 3.9 of the All India Council for Technical Education [Career Advancement: Scheme (CAS) for the Teachers and other Academic Staff in Technical Institutions] (Diploma), Regulations, 2012; and/or (iii) Quash and set aside the retrospective applicability of impugned clauses 3 i.e. clauses 3.1 to 3.9 of the All India Council for Technical Education [Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) for the Teachers and other Academic Staff in Technical Institutions]

(Diploma), Regulations, 2012 to the employees; and/or (iv) direct respondents to grant benefits of pay scales and grade pay together with benefit of Career Advancement Scheme as contemplated under AICTE (Pay Scales, Service Conditions and Qualifications for the Teachers and Other Academic Staff in Technical Institutions (Diploma)) Regulations, 2010; and/or (v) Pass any other order[s] or direction[s] which this Hon'ble Tribunal may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the instant case as well as in the interest of justice.”

2. The factual matrix of the case as per the counsel of the applicants is that the Association of Gazetted Officers (Technical Education), Delhi along with individual applicants who are serving as Teachers in diploma level Technical Institutions under the