J U D G M E N T

V. KAMESWAR RAO, J

1. These two writ petitions have been filed by the Union of India through its functionaries, Ministry of Civil Aviation / Director General of Civil Aviation challenging the common order dated March 24, 2022 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi („Tribunal‟, for short) in Original Application Nos.1776/2020 and 130/2020 („OA‟, for short) whereby the Tribunal has disposed of both the OAs directing the petitioners herein to re-fix the seniority of the respondent No.1 in W.P.(C) 14908/2022 and respondent Nos.1 and 2 in W.P.(C) 16852/2022 at the appropriate place by taking into account the marks obtained by them in the selection process to the post of Assistant Director, Operations and Deputy Director, Operations respectively, by issuing a revised Seniority List.

FACTUAL MATRIX OF W.P.(C) 14908/2022

2. In the year 2014, the Union Public Service Commission („UPSC‟, for short) / respondent No.6, invited applications for filling up 44 posts (17-UR, 16-OBC, 8-SC and 3-ST) of Assistant Director, Operations vide advertisement No.09/2004. Subsequent to the interviews conducted, the UPSC recommended successful candidates for app