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2026 Supreme(Online)(CAT) 3009

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL
Sunil Thomas, J, V. Rama Mathew, A
P.M. Unnikrishnan Unnithan – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Ms. Sreedevi Kylasanath, Mr. R. Mahesh Menon
For the Respondents: Mr. N. Anil Kumar, Senior Panel Counsel

Table of Content
1. delay in promotion due to administrative inaction. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4)
2. entitlement for promotions based on prior service. (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 17)
3. judicial orders surpass administrative guidelines for promotions. (Para 21 , 22 , 23)
4. conclusion: grant all entitled promotions and benefits. (Para 26)

ORDER

Per: Justice Sunil Thomas, Judicial Member

The applicants aggrieved by the huge delay in convening the DPC for promoting them to the next higher post have approached this Tribunal.

2. All the applicants were originally recruited as Programme Executives (Class-II) post. Applicants Nos. 1 to 13 have now retired from service of the respondents. Applicants Nos. 14 to 17 are in service as on the date of filing the Original Application. The next promotion post is Assistant Station Director (Class-I) governed by Annexure A2 All India Radio (Class-I Post) Recruitment Rules, 1963. According to the said Rules, Programme Executives, on completion of 5 years of regular service are eligible to be considered for promotion as Assistant Station Director. According to the applicants all of them had completed 5 years of regular service and have become eligible for being consi

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