Central Administrative Tribunal Act, 1985

Shri M.A. Wahab joined the National Airport Authority in 1957 with his date of birth recorded as 1 January 1934. After passing his matriculation in 1962, a certificate indicated his birth as 1 March 1939, and in 1990 he applied to have his service record corrected. The Authority refused and the Central Administrative T…

The Union of India appealed against a Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) order that directed the government to grant railway typists the same pay scales as senior clerks, head clerks and Office Superintendents Grade II, based on the Fifth Pay Commission recommendations. The High Court had upheld the CAT order, but t…

The appellant, a railway employee, was reverted from a deputed post and successfully challenged the reversion and later seniority fixation in his favour through the Kerala High Court and the Supreme Court. The Railways later contested the seniority order, but the High Court again upheld it. Direct recruits then approac…

The case concerned railway employees who retired between 1 January 1973 and 4 December 1988 and whose pension was to be calculated under Rule 2544 of the Indian Railway Establishment Code, which then allowed a running allowance of up to 75% of other emoluments. The Railway Board later issued notifications on 5 December…

Petitioner Rajnish Kumar Rai, who had instituted a proceeding before the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) Hyderabad, sought its transfer to the CAT Ahmedabad bench. The Principal Bench of CAT Delhi rejected the transfer application, prompting the petitioner to challenge the order before the Gujarat High Court unde…

Shri Ramesh Kumar, a government inspector, was arrested and convicted under Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 for accepting illegal gratification. The disciplinary authority dismissed him under Rule 19 of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1965 and the Vigilance Manual without a detailed e…

Dr. A.K. Doshi was appointed as Member (Technical) of the Company Law Board after a Selection Committee had recommended another candidate (the 2nd respondent) and placed Doshi on a reserve panel. Allegations against the 2nd respondent were not presented to the Selection Committee but were used by the Secretary of the A…