CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL CHANDIGARH BENCH (I) M.A. No. 115/2025 in O.A.No.54/2025 Reserved on: 06.04.2026 Pronounced on: 07.05.2026 HON’BLE MR. RAMESH SINGH THAKUR, MEMBER (J)

HON’BLE MRS. ANJALI BHAWRA, MEMBER (A)

Gurmeet Singh ….…Applicant (BY ADVOCATE: Mr. Jaswinder Singh)

VERSUS

1. Union of India & Ors.

….....Respondents (BY ADVOCATE: Mr. Sanjay Goyal, Sr. CGSC with Ms.

Jyotika Panesar)

O R D E R

Per: HON’BLE MR. RAMESH SINGH THAKUR, MEMBER (J):

1. The applicant has filed the present Miscellaneous Application seeking condonation of delay of 645 days in filing the accompanying OA which is stated to be meritorious and likely to succeed on the basis of the averments made therein. The applicant initially joined the respondent Department as a Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) in the year 1987 and was subsequently inducted into the Army Postal Service as a Sepoy on 19.06.1991. Thereafter, he was appointed as Group „D‟ on a regular basis with effect from 19.06.1991 by Respondent No. 4, as evidenced by Annexure A-2. However, upon his reversion to the civil Department of Posts, he was again posted as a GDS in a Branch Post Office.

2. The applicant has been continuously agitating against his non-app