CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL CHANDIGARH BENCH Original Application No.060/582/2019 &

Misc. Application No. 2616/2025 Pronounced on: 19.02.2026 Reserved on: 22.01.2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. SURESH KUMAR BATRA, MEMBER (J)

HON’BLE MRS. RASHMI SAXENA SAHNI, MEMBER (A)

Bandana Gill D/o Manohar Gill, aged 34 years, R/o # 4-C Model Town, Patiala-147001 (Group C)

... Applicant By Advocate: Mr. Rishav Sharma Versus

1. Sports Authority of India through its Director General, New Delhi-

110001.

2. Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports Patiala through its Executive Director (Academics), Patiala-147001 ... .Respondents By Advocate: Mr. Nitin Sherwal and Mr. Satish Goel

O R D E R

Per: SURESH KUMAR BATRA MEMBER (J):-

1. The present Original Application has been filed under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 seeking the following relief:-

i). The order dated 27/29.03.2019 (Annexure A-15) be quashed and set aside being illegal-and arbitrary.

ii). The respondents be directed to renew the contract of the applicant and further to allow the applicant to continue on the aforesaid post till regularly selected candidate/incumbent joins on the aforesaid post.

iii). The respondents be restrained from disengaging the services of the applicant.

iv). The applicant be held entitled to all consequential benefits and reliefs from the due date, in the interest of justice.

2. The factual matrix of the case is that the applicant is working on contractual basis as a Nursing Assistant under the respondents, whose governing body comes under the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. She asserts that she is a trained Nursing Assistant and that no notice or adverse communication has ever been issued to her regarding unsatisfactory work or negligence. She applied for the post of Nursing Digitally signed Assistant pursuant to an advertisement issued by SAI-NIS Patiala and was called for interview on 28.04.2009 (Annexure A-1). Upon being found suitable, she was appointed vide Office Order No. 219 dated 21.05.2009 as Nursing Assistant with effect from the date of joining till further orders or till the Commonwealth Games, whichever was earlier, on the terms and conditions mentioned therein (Annexure A-2). Thereafter, her contractual engagement was continuously extended from time to time up to 03.04.2019 (Annexures A-3 to A-15). The applicant avers that during the entire period from May 2009 till 03.04.2019 her work remained satisfactory, as reflected from successive extensions of her contract.

3. The applicant further states that she has been the only female Nursing Assistant at NIS Patiala catering to female athletes, students, coaches, employees and their families, often working beyond office hours and remaining available on call round the clock. According to the applicant, despite rendering continuous service for nearly ten years, the respondents decided to appoint persons on contract basis through outsourcing, and she was not allowed to mark her presence though she continued to report for duty regularly. She challenges the impugned order/advertisement by which the respondents intended to appoint another person on contractual basis, allegedly affecting her legal and vested rights. She further pleads that pursuant to letter dated 27/29.03.2019 (Annexure A-15), the headquarters directed disengagement of contractual employees and outsourcing of services, and under the said letter she was not permitted to perform duties despite repeated attendance at the workplace. It is also pleaded that similarly situated contractual employees filed O.A. Nos.

WADHWA 060/00513/2019, 514/2019 and 515/2019 before this Tribunal and were allowed to continue in service after intervention of the Tribunal, and therefore she claims parity and alleges discrimination.

4. The applicant contends that the action of the respondents in not allowing her to resume duties and replacing her through outsourced contractual personnel is mala fide, arbitrary, discriminatory and violative of Articl