Sheejamol Santhosh vs The Regional Director, Employees State Insurance Corporation

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2026 Supreme(Online)(CAT) 2335

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL
K. Haripal, Judicial Member, Braj Mohan Agrawal, Administrative Member
Sheejamol Santhosh – Appellant
Versus
The Regional Director, Employees State Insurance Corporation – Respondent

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. K.P.S. Suresh, Mr. Varghese John, Mrs. Reena Sharon Suresh
For the Respondents: Mr. T.V. Ajayakumar, Mr. Thomas Mathew Nellimoottil, Mr. Elvin Peter P.J., Mr. K.R. Ganesh, Mr. Thampan Thomas, Mr. B.V. Joy Sankar, Ms. Rajasree, Mr. Shafik M. Abdulkhadir, Mr. V. Sajith Kumar, Mr. Godwin Joseph, Mr. Vivek A.V., Mrs. Sreekala T.N, Mr. R. Sreeraj, Mr. B. Raghunathan, Mr. M. Salim, Mr. R. Srinath, Dr. Stanly Chazhoor, Mr. K. Jaladharan, Mr. V.M. Jacob, Mr. P. Sanjay, Mr. Biju Meenattoor, Mr. Paul Varghese, Mr. Kiran Narayanan, Mr. Rahul Raj, Ms. Amrutha M. Nair

Table of Content
1. parties and respondents listed in oa (Para 1)
2. applicants challenge loss of seniority post irt (Para 2 , 3 , 4)
3. reliefs seek quashing irt policy parts (Para 5)
4. respondents defend irt undertaking and policy (Para 6)
5. party respondents estopped by irt undertaking (Para 7)
6. claims time-barred; dopt inapplicable (Para 8)
7. sc: request transfers lose seniority (Para 9)
8. some respondents support applicants (Para 10)
9. issues: maintainability, dopt, hc applicability (Para 11)
10. oa dismissed; irt policy upheld (Para 12)

O R D E R

Per: Mr. Braj Mohan Agrawal, Administrative Member

Applicants are Nursing Officers, working in ESIC Hospitals in Kerala who were initially recruited as Staff Nurses in different States, other than Kerala and later on took inter regional transfer and joined ESIC hospitals in Kerala on their own request in terms of Inter Regional Transfer Policy (IRT), Annexure A-6 and Annexure A-7. The applicants submit that in response to Annexure A-1 notification and an earlier circular, the applicants submitted their willingness and request for transfer to the Kerala region. Their Inter Regional Transfer requests were granted by respondents. However, as

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2026 Supreme(Online)(CAT) 2335

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNALK. Haripal, Judicial Member, Braj Mohan Agrawal, Administrative MemberSheejamol Santhosh – AppellantVersusThe Regional Director, Employees State Insurance Corporation – Respondent

Cases Referred (1)

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL
K. Haripal, Judicial Member, Braj Mohan Agrawal, Administrative Member
Sheejamol Santhosh – Appellant
Versus
The Regional Director, Employees State Insurance Corporation – Respondent