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2026 Supreme(Online)(CAT) 4173

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL
S. Sujatha, J, Sanjiv Kumar, A
Ashok Kumar – Appellant
Versus
Chairman cum CEO, Railway board, Ministry of Railways – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Sujnaneshwari Shetty
For the Respondents: Vishnu Bhat

Table of Content
1. applicant's service history and promotion grievances. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4)
2. applicant's claims of delayed promotions and acr violations. (Para 5 , 6)
3. respondents' defense: delay, laches, and performance-based non-promotion. (Para 7 , 8)
4. undisputed facts and rejection of past service seniority. (Para 9 , 10 , 11)
5. no right to retrospective promotion; delay bars claims. (Para 12 , 13 , 14)
6. unchallenged non-selection and estoppel by acceptance. (Para 15 , 16)
7. time-barred challenge to adverse acr remarks. (Para 17 , 18)
8. penalty, transfer, and no parity with batchmates upheld. (Para 19 , 20)
9. delay and laches preclude stale promotion claims. (Para 21 , 22)
10. oa barred by limitation; unsettles settled seniority. (Para 23 , 24)
11. oa dismissed for lack of merit and delay. (Para 25 , 26)

ORDER

Per: Justice S.Sujatha ...........Member(J)

The applicant has filed this original application under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 seeking the following reliefs:

(I) Applicant humbly pray to this Hon’ble court for granting relief to restore damages of due timely promotions salary since January, 1990, along with past service seniority from 01.01.81 up

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