2026:CGHC:19077-DB Digitally signed by AFR SISTA SISTA SOMAYAJULU SOMAYAJULU Date:

2026.04.25 HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

16:47:00 +0530 WPS No. 3756 of 2025 (Arising out of order dated 17-2-2025 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Jabalpur Bench, Circuit Sitting: Bilaspur in Original Application No.203/283/2019)

1. Union of India, Through the General Manager, S.E.C.R., Bilaspur Zone, Zone Office, Bilaspur – 495004.

2. The Chief Mechanical Engineer, S.E.C.R., Bilaspur Division, Bilaspur – 495004.

3. The Chief Workshop Manager, Wagon Repair Shop, S.E.C.R., Raipur – 492001.

4. The Dy. Chief Mechanical Engineer, Wagon Repair Shop, S.E.C.R., Raipur – 492001.

... Petitioners versus Manish Kumar Patel, S/o Late Shri Ashok Kumar Patel, aged about 30 years, Ex. Trainee Skilled Artisan, WRS, SECR, Raipur, R/o Naya Para, Shiv Mandir, Near Kirti Nagar School, Sirgitti, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh – 495001.

... Respondent For Petitioners : Mr. Ramakant Mishra, Deputy Solicitor General of India.

For Respondent : Mr. B.P. Rao, Advocate.

Division Bench: -

Hon'ble Shri Sanjay K. Agrawal and Hon'ble Shri Sachin Singh Rajput, JJ.

Order On Board (25/04/2026)

Sanjay K. Agrawal, J.

1. The petitioner