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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION

Writ Petition No.2295 of 2005

Shri Ranjan Kumar Routray

..Petitioner

vs

Shri R. Bhattacharjee

Then Additional Director General

and Ors.

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..Respondents

Mr S.P. Saxena with Mr. S.G. Pillai for the petitioner

Mr. Rajiv Chavan with Mr. Pankaj Kapoor for the respondents.

CORAM: J.N. PATEL,Acg C.J. ,&

S.C.DHARMADHIKARI, J.

DATE: March 12, 2007.

P.C.:-

Heard the learned counsel for the parties.

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The petitioner has impugned the order of the Central

Administrative Tribunal(CAT), which has rejected his Original

Application seeking quashing of the adverse entries in the

Annual Confidential Report (ACR) for the year 1993-94 and

consequential proceedings, in which his claim was rejected by

the Chairman, Central Board of Customs and Central Excise

(CBEC) and the Memorial to the Hon`ble President, who also

rejected the petitioner's claim by communication dated 21^st

November 1995.

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2.

It is the case of the petitioner that the adverse entries are

made out of malice, extraneous consideration and has

emphasised his performance on administrative side relating to

his contribut