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5484/2026 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Chetan Sharma, ASG with Mr. Anshuman, SPC with Mr. Amit Gupta, Mr. R V Prabhat, Mr. Shubham Sharma, Mr. Yash, Mr. Wardhan Sharma, Mr. Naman, Mr. Vaibhav Sood, Advs. versus RANDHIR KUMAR AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Aditya Narayan Tripathy, Dr. Kedar Nath Tripathy, Advs.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN

O R D E R

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1. Through the present Petition, the Petitioners assail the correctness of the order dated 19.12.2023 [hereinafter referred to as ‘Impugned Order’] passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal [hereinafter referred to as ‘Tribunal’], whereby the O.A.

No.2567/2023 filed by the Respondents was allowed.

2. By way of the aforesaid OA, the Respondent, inter alia, sought a direction to the Petitioners to convene the Departmental Promotion Committee (‘DPC’) to consider their promotion to the post of Senior Scientific Officer (SSO) Grade-I, prepare a year-wise panel for such promotion and accord the consequential benefits arising therefrom.

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