CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ERNAKULAM BENCH O.A.No.180/00382/2023 Tuesday, this the 3^rd day of March, 2026 CORAM:

HON'BLE Mr. JUSTICE K. HARIPAL, JUDICIAL MEMBER HON'BLE Mrs.V.RAMA MATHEW, ADMINISTRATIVE MEMBER G. Raghu, Aged 68 years, MES.No. 109668, S/o Late V. Gopalan Retired Fitter/Pipe(SK), O/o Garrison Engineer (Airforce), Akkulam, Thuruvikkal PO, Thiruvananthapuram- 695011, R/at: Uthram House, Malayamadam, Kilimanoor P.O., Thiruvananthapuram Dist. - 695601 -Applicant [By Advocate: Mr. S.Sadasivan]

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1. Union of India, Represented by Secretary to Government Ministry of Defense, South Block, New Delhi-110011

2. Engineer-In-Chief, Military Engineering Services, Engineer in Chief'sBranch, Army Head Quarters, Kashmir House, DHQ Post New Delhi 110011

3. Chief Engineer, Military Engineering Services, Head Quarters, Southern Command Pune-411001

4. Principal Controller of Defense Accounts (Pension), Draupadi Ghat, Allahabad - 211014

5. The Controller of Defense Accounts, Thenapatt, Chennai- 600018

6. Chief Engineer (NW) Naval Base(PO), Kochi-682004.

7. Garrison Engineer(Air Force), Akkulam. Thuruvikkal PO Trivandum-695011 -Respondents [By Advocate: Mr.K.Rajesh Sukumaran, ACGSC]

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