Reserved on 11.02.2026 Central Administrative Tribunal Jammu Bench, Jammu Hearing through video conferencing O.A. No. 61/817/2025 Pronounced on :- This the 26th day of February 2026 Hon’ble Mr. Sanjeev Gupta, Judicial Member

1. Bashir Ahmed Wani, S/o Ghulam Mohd Wani, R/o Nehoch, Tehsil Mahore, District Udhampur, Age 63 years.

...Applicant (Through Advocate: Mr. C M Koul, Sr. Advocate assisted by Mr. A R Bhat)

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1. Union Territory of J&K through Commissioner/Secretary to Government, Department of Animal and Sheep Husbandry Department, Civil Secretariat, at present at Jammu.

2. Director, Sheep Husbandry Department, Jammu.

3. Assistant Director, Sheep Breeding Farm, Panthal District Udhampur.

4. Senior Accounts Officer (PNRJ-4), Office of the Accountant General, (A&E), J&K, Jammu …Respondents (Through Advocate: Mr. Rajesh Thapa, A.A.G/Mr. Sumant Sudan)

ARUN O R D E R The present Original Application (in short O.A.) has been filed by the applicant under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 seeking the following reliefs:-

“8.1 That the petition/applicant herein is aggrieved of the order No. 42-SHDJ of 2022 dated 24.03.2022 pursuant to which wrongly, illegally, arbitrarily a