CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL BANGALORE BENCH, BENGALURU ORIGINAL APPLICATION NO.170/00689/2024 DATED THIS THE 17^TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026 CORAM:

HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE S. SUJATHA, MEMBER (J)

HON’BLE DR. SANJIV KUMAR, MEMBER (A)

Sri Rangaswamy R S/o late Rangashetty, Aged about 63 years, Junior Engineer (Junior Telecom Officer), Office of the Telephone Exchange, Srirangapatna, Mandya District Residing at No. 395, HPO and RMS Layout, Shakthi Nagara, Mysore 570 029 .... Applicant (By Shri B.O. Anil Kumar, Advocate)

Vs.

1. The Senior General Manager, Telecom, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Jayalakshmipuram, Mysore 570 029

2. The Chief General Manager, Telecom, Karnataka Circle, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)

No. 1, S.V. Road, Halasur, Bengaluru 560 008

3. The Chairman and Managing Director Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Barakamba Road, New Delhi 110 001 .… Respondents (By Shri N. Amaresh, Senior Panel Counsel)

O R D E R (ORAL)

PER: JUSTICE S. SUJATHA, MEMBER (J)

This application is filed by the applicant under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 seeking the following reliefs:

“(1) To issue a writ of Certiorari or any other appropriate writ or order quashing the i