THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI APARESH KUMAR SINGH AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.M. MOHIUDDIN WRIT PETITION No.34062 OF 2025

ORDER:

This Writ Petition assails the order dated 12.06.2025 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal (for short ‘CAT’), Hyderabad, in O.A.No.21/1485/2015, whereby the Tribunal dismissed the Original Application (for short ‘O.A’) filed by the petitioner. The petitioner had filed the subject O.A. seeking a direction to be covered under the pension scheme instead of Contributory Provident Fund (CPF) Scheme, contending that under the Office Memorandum (O.M) dated 01.05.1987 she was deemed to have come over/switched to the pension scheme as per 4^th Central Pay Commission (CPC) recommendations, as she never exercised any option to remain in CPF before 30.09.1987.

2. Heard Sri K.Ram Murthy, learned counsel for the petitioner; Sri B.Narasimha Sharma, learned Additional Solicitor General of India on behalf of Sri N Bhujanga Rao, learned Deputy Solicitor General of India appearing for respondents and perused the record.

Factual Matrix (in brief)

3. The factual background, necessary for the adjudication of the present writ petition, is as follows:

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