Tribunals and CommissionsDivision Bench(2026) 09 CAT CK 3498

The National Defence Group B Gazetted Officers Association & Ors. vs Union Of India & Ors.

Central Administrative Tribunal · Decided on 9 September 2026

HON’BLE JUDGES
R.N. Singh, Member (J) · Braj Mohan Agrawal, Member (A)
CASE NUMBER
Original Application No.687/2022

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107.

Baskaran R, S/o S. Rathinam, Aged about 52 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821783

108.

Manoj Kumar E, S/o E. Balakrishnan, Aged about 55 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.884183

109.

Babu Sivasankar G, S/o T. Ganesan, Aged about 50 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.913570.

110.

Gunasekaran B, S/o G. H. Belliah, Aged about 52 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821717.

111.

Sidharthan N, S/o K. Nadimuthu, Aged about 57 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.832502.

112.

Murugaiah N, S/o K. Nallakannu Mudaliar, Aged about 54 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821623.

113.

Kannan L, S/o Lingaraj, Aged about 54 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821609.

114.

Nagaraj V, S/o P. Viswanathan, Aged about 54 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821612.

115.

Manivannan P, S/o C. Palanisamy, Aged about 55 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821639

116.

Ananda Kumar B, S/o V. Bheeman, Aged about 55 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821716.

117.

Sumon M R, S/o M. R. Rajappan, Aged about 53 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821657

118.

Saravanan A, S/o S. Arumugaperumal, Aged about 53 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821618

119.

Eswaran G, S/o K. Gurusamy, Aged about 54 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821646

120.

Shanmugaraj V, S/o S. Velu, Aged 51 about years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821633

121.

Jeganathan P, S/o M. Palaniappan, Aged about 48 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.970330.

122.

S. Krishnamurthi, S/o S. Subbiah, Aged about 54 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager (SG) from Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821607

123.

Binoy Babu, S/o N. Krishnan, Aged about 56 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821572

124.

Sundaramurthy R, S/o K. M. Raman, Aged about 54 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.913550

125.

Subramanian A N, S/o A S Narayanan, Aged about 54 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager (SG) from Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821571

126.

Vinod E V, S/o Velayudhan E I, Aged about 50 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.805484

127.

Kumar P, S/o R. Palanisamy, Aged about 52 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821613

128.

Kumar S, S/o C. Shanmugam, Aged about 55 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821621

129.

Girishkumar P P, S/o Kunhi Kannan Nair, Aged about 53 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821642.

130.

Doppalapudi Prabhakar, S/o D. L. Mariyaana, Aged 57 about years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821737.

131.

Hari Kumar G, S/o O.R. Gopalakrishnan Nair, Aged about 52years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821734

132.

Srinivasan D, S/o T. Dhanasekara Pandian, Aged about 55 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821614.

133.

Ashok Kumar R, S/o R. Rathinam, Aged 51 about years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821715

134.

Kailavasagi A, S/o K. Ananthasayanam, Aged about 54 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821714

135.

Prajeesh Kumar T, S/o Damodaran T, Aged about 48 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821812

136.

Vaithyanathan S, S/o K. S. Swaminathan, Aged 52 about years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821617

137.

Ganeshan K, S/o A. Krishnan, Aged about 55 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821624

138.

Balaji OM, S/o S. M. Ommurthy, Aged about 53 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821630

139.

Sivakumar M, S/o R. Mani, Aged about 48 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821779.

140.

Vijayan R, S/o Ramalingam D, Aged about 52 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821845

141.

Siva Kumar S, S/o M. Sevanan, Aged about 56 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager (SG) from Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821611

142.

Elangovan V, S/o V. Vadivel, Aged about 49 years, Working as Asst. Works Manager at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821620

143.

Nishad N, S/o N. Neelakandan Achary, Aged 53 about years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.913430

144.

Jeyavel S, S/o T. Senthurpandi, Aged about 47 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821831

145.

Kalyan Kumar S, S/o S. Sambamurthy, Aged 53 about years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821576.

146.

Dinesh Kumar J, S/o K. Jeevarathnam, Aged about 50 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, Per. No.821776.

147.

Murugan R, S/o K. Ramasamy, Aged Chinnasamy, Aged about 52 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.926113.

187.

P. Selvaraj, S/o S. Periyan, Aged about 58 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.868267.

188.

Satyanarayana P V, S/o P.P.V. Subbaiah, Aged about 51 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.926127.

189.

Periasamy A, S/o V AalickGoundar, Aged about 57 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.926142.

190.

Saravanan M, S/o T Munusamy, Aged about 53 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.926112.

191.

Ananthasekar S, S/o Subramanian K A, Aged about 51 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.926129.

192.

R. Ravi, S/o M. Ramachandran, Aged about 60 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager from High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.926145.

193.

C. Ahalya, D/o N. Chinnasamy, Aged about 60 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager (SG) from High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.926053.

194.

M. Thejanathan, S/o G. Maruthappa, Aged about 59 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.926070.

195.

R. V. Dwarakanathan, S/o R. B. Viswanathan, Aged about 60 years, Retired as Asst. Works Manager at High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.926025.

196.

P. Durai, S/o Perumal, Aged about 62 years, Retired as Asst. Works Manager at High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.926043.

197.

S. Krishnamurthy, S/o T. Sadayan, Aged about 70 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager from High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.926026.

198.

S. Thiagarajan, S/o V. T. Sivarajan, Aged about 68 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager from High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.926030.

199.

E. Sivasankar, S/o S. Elayaperumal, Aged about 60 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager (SG) from High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.926060.

200.

M. Selvi, D/o N. Muthiah, Aged about 60 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager (SG) from High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.926052.

201.

G. Subbaraj, S/o N Govindarajalu, Aged about 60 years, Retired as Asst. Works Manager from High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.926044.

202.

J. Natarajan, S/o S. R. Jayaraman, Aged about 58 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.926071.

203.

K. Amirthalingam, S/o S. KasiNadar, Aged about 53 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.821658.

204.

K. Ramasamy, S/o R. Krishnasamy, Aged about 60 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.926069.

205.

P. Murugesan, S/o R. Packirisamy, Aged about 62 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager (SG) from High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.926039.

206.

R. Jagatheesan, S/o Raju Pillai, Aged about 67 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager (SG) from High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.926037.

207.

R. Anandan, S/o Ramachandran, Aged about 64 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager (SG) from High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.926042.

208.

N. Mohanasundaram, S/o S. Narayanan, Aged about 60 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager from High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.926118.

209.

M. Arunachalam, S/o K. Maruthamuthu, Aged about 58 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.926159.

210.

R. Arockiadoss, S/o J. Rajarathinam, Aged about 60 years, Retired as Asst. Works Manager from High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.926040.

211.

S. Ravichandran, S/o K. Shanmugam, Aged about 62 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager (SG) from High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.926036.

212.

K. Ramanarayanan, S/o N. Krishnan, Aged about 61 years, Retired as Sr. Private Secretary from High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.400039.

213.

Gnanasekaran R. S/o Ramalingam G., Aged about 62 years, Retired as Asst. Works Manager from High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.926046.

214.

R. Gurunathan, S/o D. Rathinam, Aged about 66 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager from High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.926033.

215.

S K Selvam, S/o P. Kaliyaperumal, Aged about 55 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at High Energy Projectile Factory Trichy, Per. No.926160.

216.

Shiv lakhan Yadav, S/o Late Sohan Lal Yadav, Aged about 50 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Ordnance Factory Khamaria, Per. No.872085.

217.

Brijesh Nayak, S/o Govind Prasad Nayak, Aged about 54 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Ordnance Factory Khamaria, Per. No.846815.

218.

Virendra Kumar Patel, S/o Late Ram Krishna Patel, Aged about 53 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Khamaria, Per. No.846734.

219.

Bharat Kumar Gontiya, S/o Ramdeen Gontiya, Aged about 51 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Khamaria, Per. No.872082.

220.

Seema Sawroop, S/o Faquir Chand, Aged about 51 years, Working as Manager at Ordnance Factory Chandigarh, Per. No.849354.

221.

Tejpal Singh, S/o Late Shri Horam Singh, Aged about 58 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance

296.

Nihar Ranjan Sahu, S/o Raj Kishore Sahu, Aged about 53 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Badmal, Per. No.922126.

297.

Nirmal Mirddha, S/o Jayaram Mirddha, Aged about 50 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Badmal, Per. No.922203.

298.

Padma Lochan Bhanja, S/o Sadhu Bhanja, Aged about 54 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Badmal, Per. No.922184.

299.

Prakash Chandra Sahu, S/o Raj Kishore Sahu, Aged about 51 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Badmal, Per. No.922166.

300.

Prasanta Kumar Sethi, S/o Purushottam Sethi, Aged about 49 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Badmal, Per. No.922220.

301.

Raj Kishor Patel, S/o Pitamber Patel, Aged about 54 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Ordnance Factory Badmal, Per. No.922243.

302.

Sachin Kumar Patel, S/o Kirti Chandra Patel, Aged about 56 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Ordnance Factory Badmal, Per. No.922208.

303.

Sapan Kumar Panigrahi, S/o Kalipada Panigrahi, Aged about 50 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Ordnance Factory Badmal, Per. No.922277.

304.

Saroj Kumar Behera, S/o Sanatana Behera, Aged about 56 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Badmal, Per. No.922175.

305.

Satya Narayan Tripathy, S/o Dibakar Tripathy, Aged about 51 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Ordnance Factory Badmal, Per. No.922250.

306.

Subash Chandra Sethi, S/o Mohani Charan Sethi, Aged about 50 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Ordnance Factory Badmal, Per. No.922179.

307.

Sujit Kumar Pandey, S/o Srikanta Pandey, Aged about 48 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Ordnance Factory Badmal, Per. No.922254.

308.

Sunil Kumar Gahir, S/o Gureswar Gahir, Aged about 50 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Badmal, Per. No.922180.

309.

Surendra Tandi, S/o Dhruba Tandi, Aged about 55 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Badmal, Per. No.922202.

310.

Suresha Kumar Nayak, S/o Purna Chandra Nayak, Aged about 47 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Ordnance Factory Badmal, Per. No.909579.

311.

Sushanta Kumar Panigrahi, S/o Binode Chandra Panigrahi, Aged about 48 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Badmal, Per. No.922165.

312.

Tapan Kumar Jena, S/o Murli Dhar Jena, Aged about 49 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Ordnance Factory Badmal, Per. No.922274.

313.

Udit Kumar Patel, S/o Sachidananda Patel, Aged about 53 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Ordnance Factory Badmal, Per. No.922247.

314.

Nrupamani Kalo, S/o Khageswar Kalo, Aged about 52 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Badmal, Per. No.922186.

315.

Chandra Sekhar Maharana, S/o Kamraj Maharana, Aged about 55 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager from Ordnance Factory Badmal, Per. No.922121.

316.

Sairam Sahu, S/o Bhakta Bandhu Sahu, Aged about 49 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Badmal, Per. No.922161.

317.

Nitai Singh, S/o Gobardhan Singh, Aged about 55 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Badmal, Per. No. 922101.

318.

Pradeepta Kishore Dhal, S/o Parsuram Dhal, Aged about 58 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager (SG) from Ordnance Factory Badmal, Per. No. 922070.

319.

Dharmaraj Mohanty, S/o Late Sanyasi Mohanty, Aged about 62 years, Retired as Asst. Works Manager from Ordnance Factory Badmal, Per. No. 922055.

320.

Gadadhar Naik, S/o Narendra Naik, Aged about 57 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager (SG) from Ordnance Factory Badmal, Per. No. 922193.

321.

Manish Ranjan Pandey, S/o Late Ravindra Chandra Pandey, Aged about 47 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Small Arms Factory Kanpur, Per. No.860310.

322.

Pawan Kumar, S/o Late S. N. Prasad, Aged about 46 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Small Arms Factory Kanpur, Per. No.860443.

323.

Mukesh kumar tripathi, S/o Late R. C. Tripathi, Aged about 58 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Small Arms Factory Kanpur, Per. No.861928.

324.

Aniruddha Kumar Verma, S/o Nand Kishore Verma, Aged about 47 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Small Arms Factory Kanpur, Per. No.860316.

325.

Sarata Chandra Behura, S/o Late Sankarsana Behura, Aged about 61 years, Retired as Asst. Works Manager from Gun & Shell Factory Kolkata, Per. No.922059.

326.

Ranjit Patra, S/o Late Rabindra Patra, Aged about 65 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager (SG) from Ordnance Factory Board Kolkata, Per. No.922097.

327.

Ashok kumar Dash, S/o Late Laxmi Kanta Dash, Aged about 65 years, Retired as Works Manager from Rifle Factory Ishapore, Kolkata, Per. No.922037.

328.

Alla Bala Bhaskar Rao, S/o Alla Narsing Rao, Aged about 61 years, Retired as Asst. Works Manager from Armoured Vehicle Nigam Ltd, Chennai, Per. No.922072.

329.

Rishi Bajpai, S/o Late Dr Ravi Shankar Bajpai, Aged about 62 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager (SG) from Gun Carriage Factory Jabalpur, Per. No.816839.

330.

Sanjeev Patel, S/o N. K. Patel, Aged about 49 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Ordnance Factory Muradnagar, Per. No.854257.

331.

Manoj Kumar, S/o Om Prakash Sharma, Aged about 55 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Muradnagar, Per. No.854051.

332.

Bhoop Singh, S/o Late Gajraj Singh, Aged about 59 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Muradnagar, Per. No.854052.

333.

Varun Shan, S/o T. D. Shan, Aged about 50 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Muradnagar, Per. No.854101.

334.

Yogesh Gaur, S/o Suranjan Deo Gaur, Aged about 52 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Muradnagar, Per. No.854132.

335.

Amit Kumar Yadav, S/o Ramkishan Singh Yadav, Aged about 49 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Muradnagar, Per. No.896726.

336.

Vinay Kumar, S/o Late Raj Singh, Aged about 53 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Muradnagar, Per. No.854068.

337.

Amit Kumar Kesaria, S/o L. N. Kesaria, Aged about 52 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Muradnagar, Per. No.854084.

338.

Kuldeep Singh, S/o Dharampal Singh, Aged about 46 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Muradnagar, Per. No.884675.

339.

Vinay Kumar, S/o Jaiveer Singh, Aged about 48 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Muradnagar, Per. No.854108.

340.

Gagan Kumar Paliya, S/o Sohan Paliya, Aged about 55 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Muradnagar, Per. No.854878.

341.

Uttam Kumar, S/o Shri Mahanand, Aged about 54 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Ordnance Factory Katni, Per. No.854074.

342.

Raju Prasad Sahu, S/o Rajdhari Sahu, Aged about 51 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Ordnance Factory Katni, Per. No.854081.

343.

Praveen Kumar, S/o Vishnu Sharan, Aged about 53 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Muradnagar, Per. No.854131.

344.

Sanjay Kumar Sharma, S/o Sh. Bal Kishan Sharma, Aged about 50 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Muradnagar, Per. No.854173.

345.

Pankaj Bohra, S/o Dharam Narayan Vohra, Aged about 53 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager from Ordnance Factory Muradnagar, Per. No.832504.

346.

A Kannan, S/o S Ayyamperumal, Aged about 50 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No.881523.

347.

Raguraman N. S., S/o K.N. Srinivasan, Aged about 53 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 809767.

348.

F. Heston Joshwa, S/o Felix Robert A, Aged about 49 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881524.

349.

Sitaramayya MVSS, S/o MVSSN Murthy, Aged about 53 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 842380.

350.

R. Saveetha, D/o R. Rajguru, Aged about 48 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881382.

351.

Manikandan K, S/o Kaliyaperumal A, Aged about 46 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881553.

352.

R. Pushparaj, S/o S. Ruthirakoti, Aged about 54 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 821622.

353.

P Venugopal, S/o A Punniyakotti, Aged about 48 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 865568.

354.

Sekar V, S/o Vellasamy S, Aged about 50 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881507.

355.

Radha Krishna Chalamalasetty, S/o Madhava Rao Ch, Aged about 50 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 922259.

356.

T. Srinivasa Rao, S/o T. Anjaiah, Aged about 54 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 940095.

357.

N Natarajan, S/o N Nagabushanam, Aged about 46 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 860318.

358.

R. Chandiran, S/o Late V. Rangaswamy, Aged about 62 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager (SG) from Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 880795.

359.

Tamil Selvi S, D/o Samiraja, Aged about 48 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 865589.

360.

P Neelakandan, S/o N Palani, Aged about 49 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881349.

361.

Suresh N, S/o Narayana Swamy G, Aged about 54 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881308.

362.

Smitha B, D/o M Balan Nambiar, Aged about 48 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881510.

363.

Senthilnathan S, S/o Sundararajan R, Aged about 46 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at AVNL Corporate Office, Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881451.

364.

Santhosh R, S/o Raveendran, Aged about 53 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 821664.

365.

Ramesh V, S/o M Venkatakrishna Reddy, Aged about 52 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881337.

366.

Sanniboyina Durgalu, S/o Sanniboyina Nookalu, Aged about 53 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 838529.

367.

Venkateswara Rao Adireddi, S/o Apparao A, Aged about 46 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 802504.

368.

K. Jaishankar, S/o K. Kumaraswamy, Aged about 53 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881504.

369.

P. Venkateswara Rao, S/o P. Appalaswamy, Aged about 56 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 862218.

370.

Geetha K, D/o Viswanathan AK, Aged about 52 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at AVNL Corporate Office, Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 821632.

371.

S. Sankar, S/o S. Swaminathan, Aged about 52 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881316.

372.

Samuel Jeevanand Ebenezer, S/o T Ebenezer John, Aged about 48 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at AVNL Corporate Office, Avadi Chennai, Per. No. 881521.

373.

A. Sathish Kumar, S/o J. Arulraj, Aged about 53 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at AVNL Corporate Office, Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 821610.

374.

D. Vanishree, D/o R. Dharmaraj, Aged about 52 years, Working as Asst. Works Manager at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 821608.

375.

D. Senthamarai Selvi, D/o K. Devaraj, Aged about 57 years, Working as Asst. Works Manager at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881173.

376.

S. Joseph James Gerard, S/o V. Santiago, Aged about 51 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881565.

377.

Thiyagarajan P, S/o Pararasuraman P, Aged about 52 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881570.

378.

A. Murugan, S/o R. Arumugam, Aged about 47 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at AVNL Corporate Office, Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 868381.

379.

J Jaganathan, S/o M Janakiraman, Aged about 53 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881537.

380.

T H V V Swamy, S/o T L Narasimha Rao, Aged about 56 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 854089.

381.

Bendalam Chiranjeevulu, S/o B Sriramulu, Aged about 51 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881470.

382.

K Durairaj, S/o S B Kuppiah Naidu, Aged about 53 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881348.

383.

A Karunamoorthy, S/o K Audikesavan, Aged about 50 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881302.

384.

S. Arun Prasad, S/o M. Somasundaram, Aged about 50 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881522.

385.

C. Dhanaraj, S/o K. Chinnaiyan, Aged about 50 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 868384.

386.

D. Dayanandan, S/o R. Doraikan, Aged about 50 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881502.

387.

P Veerakumar, S/o S Paramasivam, Aged about 57 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881548.

388.

P Ranjith, S/o S Pandurengan, Aged about 46 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881554.

389.

A Vijayanand, S/o Alagarajan P, Aged about 55 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881303.

390.

Ramesh Kumar K M, S/o Muthiah K, Aged about 45 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 835363.

391.

Murugesa Pandian S, S/o Solaiappan, Aged about 57 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881455.

392.

Umasankar E, S/o Elumalai, Aged about 47 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881509.

393.

Sujeesh K J, S/o G Krishnan Kutty Nair, Aged about 48 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881569.

394.

R. Packirisamy, S/o U. Rethinasamy, Aged about 60 years, retired as Jr. Works Manager at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881540.

395.

G Srinivasa Raghavan, S/o K Govindarajulu, Aged about 59 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at AVNL Corporate Office, Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881011.

396.

Pugazhendi M., S/o Mani K, Aged about 57 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 821781.

397.

G. Sivarama Krishnan, S/o M. Gopala Krishnan, Aged about 56 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 881347.

398.

A Sivakumar, S/o N Ayyalu Naidu, Aged about 52 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Engine Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 832571.

399.

Srinivasa Rao Nagulapalli, S/o Suryanarayana, Aged about 50 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 901880.

400.

Krishna Prasad Nagandla, S/o N Satyanarayana, Aged about 49 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 838633.

401.

Ramesh Sivasankaran, S/o M Sivasankaran, Aged about 54 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 891345.

402.

Uma S R, D/o V K Ramasamy, Aged about 59 years, Retired as Asst. Works Manager from Engine Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 926038.

403.

T N Ramakrishnan, S/o T V Naganathan, Aged about 58 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Trichy, Per. No. 891421.

404.

G Sivakumar, S/o E. Ganapathy, Aged about 50 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Trichy, Per. No. 802491.

405.

Srinivasan K., S/o K. R. Karuppanasamy, Aged about 60 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Trichy, Per. No. 891257.

406.

A. Peter Francis Xavier, S/o S. Alexander, Aged about 51 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Trichy, Per. No. 891371.

407.

Sivakumar M., S/o Mathan, Aged about 52 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Trichy, Per. No. 915246.

408.

B.W. Abdul Thahir, S/o K.B. Abdul Wahab, Aged about 57 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Trichy, Per. No. 891423.

409.

S. Justine Arockiaraj, S/o M. Syrill Antony, Aged about 59 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Trichy, Per. No. 891203.

410.

L. Mariya Irudayaraj, S/o Lawrence, Aged about 50 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Trichy, Per. No. 821665.

411.

Udayakumar M.P., S/o V. Padmanabhan Nair, Aged about 60 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager from Ordnance Factory Trichy, Per. No. 486.

412.

E. Philip Rajasekaran, S/o D. Earnest Devavaram, Aged about 62 years, Retired as Asst. Works Manager from Ordnance Factory Trichy, Per. No. 926032.

413.

K.R. Suresh Babu, S/o K. N. Raghavan Nair, Aged about 60 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager (SG) from Ordnance Factory Trichy, Per. No. 932260.

414.

Ramakanta Pati, S/o Hrusikesh Pati, Aged about 58 years, Working as Jt. Director at Directorate of Ordnance (C&S) New Delhi, Per. No. 922084.

415.

Suresh Kumar Nanda, S/o Rama Chandra Nanda, Aged about 57 years, Working as Asst. Works Manager at Gun & Shell Fcatory Cossipore, Per. No. 922056.

416.

Ravindra Pandey, S/o K P Pandey, Aged about 53 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Opto Electronics Factory Dehradun, Per. No. 888010.

417.

Balbir Singh Chauhan, S/o Mohar Singh Chauhan, Aged about 59 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Opto Electronics Factory Dehradun, Per. No. 932761.

418.

Indresh Kumar, S/o Ayodhya Prasad, Aged about 59 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Opto Electronics Factory Dehradun, Per. No. 932439.

419.

Budamparthi Chidambareswara Rao, S/o B. Nageswara Rao, Aged about 52 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Heavy vehicles Factory Avadi, Chennai, Per. No.832620.

420.

Subrat Kumar Chand, S/o Samar Kumar Chand, Aged about 50 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Ordnance Factory Nalanda, Per. No.821733.

421.

Kumud Kumari, D/o V S Lal, Aged about 49 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Ordnance Factory Nalanda, Per. No.821736.

422.

Satish Kumar, S/o Lalan Singh, Aged about 51 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Ordnance Factory Nalanda, Per. No.913564.

423.

Dr. Arun Kumar, S/o Chintaharan Prasad, Aged about 47 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Nalanda, Per. No.858871.

424.

Jitendra Kumar, S/o R P Singh, Aged about 55 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Nalanda, Per. No.854054.

425.

Pramod Kumar, S/o Late Suresh Prasad, Aged about 49 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Nalanda, Per. No.860285.

426.

Ramesh Chandra Naik, S/o Karna Naik, Aged about 51 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Nalanda, Per. No.913494.

427.

U.L.N. Chary, S/o U. Papa Rao, Aged about 64 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager (SG) from Ordnance Factory Medak, Per. No. 918395.

428.

N. Subramanya Sharma, S/o N. Venkateshwar Rao, Aged about 61 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager (SG) from Ordnance Factory Medak, Per. No. 918367.

429.

M. Viveka Vardhan Reddy, S/o Late M. Sarva Reddy, Aged about 63 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager (SG) from Ordnance Factory Medak, Per. No. 918547.

430.

Ramineni Anjaneyulu, S/o Nageswara Rao, Aged about 60 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager (SG) from Ordnance Factory Medak, Per. No. 918438.

431.

R. Veera Chary, S/o R. Bhagya Chary, Aged about 62 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager (SG) from Ordnance Factory Medak, Per. No. 918524.

432.

S. Veeranarayana, S/o S. Bhoomaiah, Aged about 66 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager (SG) from Ordnance Factory Medak, Per. No. 918390.

433.

S. Masthan Rao, S/o S. Nageswara Rao, Aged about 63 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager (SG) from Ordnance Factory Medak, Per. No. 918600.

434.

Konduru Siva SaiRam, S/o S. Naga Bhushanam, Aged about 56 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at AVNL Corporate Office, Avadi, Chennai, Per. No. 918666.

435.

K. Ravi Chendra Babu, S/o Late K. Sitaramaiah, Aged about 66 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager (SG) from Ordnance Factory Medak, Per. No. 918398.

436.

N C Ramakrishna, S/o N C Lakshmana Chary, Aged about 64 years, Retired as Jr. Works Manager (SG) from Ordnance Factory Medak, Per. No. 918369.

437.

Lelin Kumar Sendh, S/o Late Brundaban Sendh, Aged about 52 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at AVNL Institute of Learning Medak, Per. No. 922156.

438.

G V Narasimharao, S/o Late G Nagabushanarao, Aged about 54 years, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Medak, Per. No. 842379.

439.

Vinod Kumar Taley, S/o Gouri Shanker Taley, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Ordnance Factory Itarsi, Per. No. 913400.

440.

Subrata Paul, S/o Late Ramkrishna Paul, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Defence Field Unit Jabalpur [Now transfer on deputation basis at Min. of Commerce & Industry], Per. No. 809752.

441.

Neeraj Meshram, S/o Gouri Kothiram Meshram, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Itarsi, Per. No. 913472.

442.

Suryakant Choure, S/o Sharda Prasad Choure, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Ordnance Factory Itarsi, Per. No. 913555.

443.

Chandra Shekhar Tripathi, S/o Ram Gopal Tripathi, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Itarsi, Per. No. 913398.

444.

Manoj Kumar Shrivastava, S/o Shambhu Dayal Shrivastava, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Ordnance Factory Itarsi, Per. No. 913548.

445.

Sandeep Kumar Khare, S/o Harish Kumar Khare, Working as Jr. Works Manager at Ordnance Factory Itarsi, Per. No. 821628.

446.

Manendra Nath Nandi, S/o Indranath Nandi, Working as Jr. Works Manager (SG) at Ordnance Factory Itarsi, Per. No. 913474.

447.

Ram Santosh Napit, S/o Ramnath Napit, Working as Jr. Works Manager at

Per:Hon’ble Mr. R.N. Singh, Member (J)

In the present OA filed under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, the applicants have prayed for the following reliefs:

a)

Call for the entire relevant record from the possession of respondents for its kind perusal;

b)

Upon holding that the applicants are entitled to get non-functional up gradation to Grade Pay Rs. 5400/-(PB-2) [level 9] from Grade Pay of 4800 (Level-8) after 4 years of service, direct the respondents to grant non-functional up gradation of 5400 (Pay Bands-2) [level-9] to the applicants from the date they have completed 4 years of service in the grade pay of 4800 (Level-8), with all consequential benefits of revised pay fixation, pension, family pension fixation, including arrears of pay and allowances attached with the non-functional grade level 9, Grade Pay 5400(PB-2) with 12% interest, in the interests of justice;

c)

Declare the action of the Respondents in selectively extending the benefit of Non-Functional Up-gradation only to certain litigating employees while denying the same to other similarly situated officers as arbitrary, discriminatory and violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India.

d)

Pass order directing the Respondents to issue a common/general order extending the benefit of Non-Functional Up-gradation to Grade Pay Rs.5400/- PB-2(Level-9) to all similarly situated eligible officers under the control of Respondent No.2.

e)

Further, direct the Respondents to release all consequential arrears of pay and allowances arising from grant of the aforesaid benefit together with revision of pensionary benefits, wherever applicable;

f)

Pass such other or further order which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the present case in interest of justice

g)

Allow present application with costs;

2.

By way of MA No. 934/2026, the applicants have prayed for permission to file the OA jointly on the ground that all the applicants are similarly placed and they have prayed for identical reliefs on common grounds.

3.

Learned counsel for the applicants submits that the claim of the applicants is identical to that of the applicants in OA No. 373/2020, titled Deepak B. Deshmukh and Others Vs. Union of India and Others, which was decided by this Tribunal vide order/judgment dated 28.03.2024 (Annexure A-10). He submits that the said order/judgment was challenged by the respondents before the Hon'ble High Court and thereafter before the Hon'ble Apex Court and has since not only been upheld but also implemented by the respondents.

4.

Learned counsel for the applicants further submits that the respondents, being a model employer, were expected to extend the benefit of the judgments of this Tribunal in the case of Shri Deepak B. Deshmukh on their own in the case of the applicants herein as well. However, they have failed to do so despite legal notice dated 04.05.2026 (Annexure A-4) issued on behalf of the applicants. Thus, the present OA.

5.

Issue notice.Mr. Pandit, learned counsel appearing for the respondents on advance service, accepts notice.

6.

In the facts and circumstances, the MA for joining together (MA No. 306/2026 is allowed.

7.

In view of the aforesaid, without going into the merits, and with the consent of learned counsel for the parties, the present OA is disposed of at this very stage itself with a direction to the competent authority amongst the respondents to consider the claim of the applicants in the light of the order/judgment of the Tribunal in Central Administrative TribunalDeepak B. Deshmukh (supra) which has attained finality and implemented by the respondents as well. If the applicants are found similarly placed as the applicants in OA No. 373/2020 (supra), the respondents shall extend similar benefits to these applicants also by passing an appropriate order, as expeditiously as possible and preferably within eight weeks of receipt of a certified copy of this order.

8.

The OA and MA both stand disposed of in the aforesaid terms.