CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL PRINCIPAL BENCH, NEW DELHI CP No. 539/2025 in OA No.1437/2025 Reserved on: 23.04.2026 Pronounced on: 30.04.2026 Hon’ble Ms. Harvinder Kaur Oberoi, Member (J)

Hon’ble Dr. Sumeet Jerath, Member (A)

Vinod Kumar, Aged about 46 years, S/o Late Sri Darwan Singh, R/o Jawahar Navodaya Vidhalaya, Dehradun, Uttara Khand - Petitioner (By Advocate: Sh. SM Arif with Ms. Shabnam Perween )

VERSUS

1. Shri Vineet Joshi, Secretary, Ministry of HRD, Department of Education, Govt. of India, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi

2. Sh. Rajesh Lakhani, The Commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, B-15, Institutional Area, Sector 62, Noida (UP)

3. Sh. Vumlunmang Vualnam, Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India, New Delhi - Contemnors/Respondents (By Advocates: Sh. S. Rajappa)

ORDER Hon’ble Ms. Harvinder Kaur Oberoi, Member (J):

The present contempt petition arises out of the willful and deliberate non-compliance of the interim order dated 23.04.2025 passed by this Tribunal in O.A. No. 1437/2025.

2. The petitioner had approached this Tribunal by way of the aforesaid Original Application seeking, inter alia, directions to the respondents for his permanent absorp