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Present:! Mr. Kamal Sehgal, Advocate &

Mr. Ravinder Pankaj, Advocate, for the petitioners.

Mr. Akshay Bhan, Senior Advocate with Mr. Amandeep Talwar, Advocate and Mr. Sharya Khanna, Advocate, for respondents No.6, 7 & 28 (in CWP!24764!2021).

Mr. Nitin Sharma, Advocate, for respondent Nos.17, 12 & 20 (in CWP No.24767 of 2021).

Dr. Rau P.S. Girwar, Advocate, (through V.C.) with Ms. Archana Arora Rau, Advocate, Ms. K.T. Rau, Advocate and Mr. Ashish Sharma, Advocate, for respondent Nos.9, 15, 21, 22 and 24.

Mr. Sanjay Tangri, Advocate, (Through V.C.)

for respondent Nos.1 to 5.

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1. In the present bunch of writ petitions, the challenge is to the order dated 28.11.2019 (Annexure P!1) passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Chandigarh Bench, Chandigarh (hereinafter referred to as ‘Tribunal’), by which a direction has been given by the Tribunal by placing reliance on the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in (cid:1)(cid:2)(cid:3)(cid:2) (cid:4)(cid:5)(cid:6)(cid:7)(cid:5)(cid:8)(cid:5)(cid:9)(cid:10)(cid:5)(cid:6)(cid:11)(cid:10)(cid:12)(cid:13)(cid:9)(cid:14)(cid:15)(cid:16)(cid:10)(cid:17)(cid:16)(cid:2)(cid:10)(cid:18)(cid:2)(cid:10)(cid:19)(cid:15)(cid:14)(cid:14)(cid:6)(cid:8)(cid:17)(cid:5)(cid:16)(cid:5)(cid:10)(cid:4)(cid:5)(cid:12)(cid:10)(cid:5)(cid:6)(cid:11)(cid:10)(cid:12)(cid:13)(cid:9)(cid:14)(cid:15)(cid:16)2(cid:3)$# 3(cid:30)%(cid:3)(cid:30)(cid:3)/(cid:8)(cid:8)(cid:3)!3(2 that for filling up the vacancy of the Section Supervisor, the rules which were prevalent prior to the promulgation of Employees’ Provident Fund Organization Section Supervisor Recruitment Regulations, 2017 (for short ‘2017 regulations’), will be adhered to, as the vacancies which were being sought to be filled!up, arose prior to the promulgation of the said 2017 regulations.

2. Certain facts need to be mentioned for the correct appreciation of the issue at hand.

3. The petitioners are working as Senior Social Security Assistants (SSSAs) with the respondent!organization. The next promotion from the post of SSSA is to the post of Section Supervisor, which was to be made in accordance with the “Employee Provident Fund Orginization Section Supervisor (Head Clerk) Regional office Recruitment Rule, 1992, as amended in 2006 (for sh