THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ABHINAND KUMAR SHAVILI AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VAKITI RAMAKRISHNA REDDY Writ Petition No.19025 of 2025

ORDER:

(Per the Hon’ble Sri Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili)

Aggrieved by the order dated 22.12.2023 passed in O.A.No.29 of 2023 by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad Bench, Hyderabad (for short, ‘the Tribunal’), the present Writ Petition is filed.

2. Heard Ms. L. Pranathi Reddy, learned counsel representing learned Additional Solicitor General, appearing for the petitioners.

3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners had contended that the respondent is the ‘National Federation of pensioners of AYUSH Councils’ (NFPAC), which looks after the welfare of the pensioners and family pensioners. The respondent was contending that the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) benefits were not extended to the retired employees i.e., all the pensioners and the family pensioners. When the case of the respondent-Federation was not considered by the petitioners, the respondent-Federation had approached the Tribunal by filing O.A.No.29 of 2023, contending that earlier, the Tribunal had decided a similar matter concerning one of the five research council