Central Administrative Tribunal

Principal Bench, New Delhi

O.A.No.1400/2017

Order reserved on 11^th September 2018

Order pronounced on 3^rd October 2018

Hon’ble Mr. K.N. Shrivastava, Member (A)

B K Tripathi

..Applicant

(Mr. Ajesh Luthra, Advocate)

Versus

Union of India & others

..Respondents

(Mr. Hanu Bhasker, Advocate for respondent No.1 –

Mr. Devashish Bharuka and Mr. Ravi Bharuka, Advocates for respondent

Nos. 2 & 3)

O R D E R

(Third Member Reference)

In terms of the orders dated 28.08.2018 passed by the Hon‟ble

Chairman on administrative side, I have been nominated as a third

Member to decide the controversy in the light of different opinions

having been expressed by two Hon‟ble Members of this Bench.

2. The applicant, who belongs to 1983 batch of IAS, Jharkhand cadre,

had worked as Principal Secretary, Human Resource Development

Department, Government of Jharkhand from 18.07.2011 to 31.01.2013.

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He was also concurrently In-charge of the post of State Project Director,

Jharkhand Education Project Council (JEPC) from 20.04.2012 to

10.10.2012 and from 12.11.2012 to 31.01.2013. The JEPC was nodal

agency for the implementation of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SS