CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL CHENNAI BENCH OA No. 310/01220 of 2018 DATED TUESDAY, THE 10^th DAY OF MARCH, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX CORAM :

HON'BLE MS. VEENA KOTHAVALE, MEMBER (J)

HON'BLE MR. SISIR KUMAR RATHO, MEMBER(A)

B. Ganapathy Rao, S/o. Muneswarar Rao ECRC/MAS, No. 9, Constable road Flat No. 13, Ayyanavaram, Chennai -600 023. .....Applicant (Advocate: M/s. R.S. Anandan)

Versus

1. The Union of India Represented by the Chief Commercial Manager/ PM & Revisionary authority Southern Railway Headquarters office, Personal Branch Chennai-600 003;

2. The Additional Divisional Railway Manager / II & Appellate Authority Office of the Divisional Railway Manager Southern Railway, Chennai Division, NGO Annexe Building, I-floor, Park Town Chennai- 600 003;

3. Senior Divisional Commercial Manager /MAS & Disciplinary Authority Office of the Divisional Railway Manager Confidential Section Chennai- 600 003. ….... Respondents (Advocate: Ms. Meera Gnanasekar)

CAV ON : 05.02.2026

O R D E R

(Hon'ble Ms. Veena Kothavale, Member(J)

Applicant has filed this O.A. under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunal Act seeking to quash the impugned punishment orders and to treat the period of out employment as