CAV ORDER

(PER: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S G PANDIT)

The above writ petitions by the Union of India and its Authorities are directed against common order dated 20.04.2023 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Bengaluru Bench, Bengaluru, For short ‘CAT’, in OA No.170/01125/2019 and OA No.170/00588/2021, whereunder the order of compulsory retirement of the respondent dated 6.12.2021 and the endorsements/orders dated 26.11.2018 and 16.09.2019 rejecting the respondent’s request to expunge the adverse remarks are set-aside.

2. The respondent herein approached the CAT in OA No.170/01125/2019 with a prayer to set-aside APAR grading for the years 2017-18 and 2018-19 and to set-aside the order rejecting his request to ignore the APAR grading. In OA No.170/00588/2021, the respondent approached the CAT with a prayer to set-aside the order dated 6.12.2021 at Annexure- A11 retiring the respondent compulsorily in exercise of power under Rule 56 (j)(i) of Fundamental Rules.

3. Brief facts of the case are that the respondent joined the service in the Intelligence Bureau as Assistant Central Intelligence Officer-II in July 1994 and thereafter, he was promoted as Deputy Central Intelligence Offi