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[2025:RJ-JP:49048-DB] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR D.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 7261/2025 Abhay Singh Meena, Track Maintainer Grade-I, O/o Senior Section Engineer, West Central Railway Station, Baran (Baz), Rajasthan-325025. (Son Of Jagan Meena, Aged 40 Years) ----Petitioner Versus
1. Union Of India, Through General Manager, West Central Railway, Indira Bazar, Jabalpur-482001 (M.p.).
2. Senior Divisional Personal Officer, West Central Railway, Kota Division, Kota-324002 (Rajasthan).
3. Assistant Divisional Engineer, West Central Railway Station Bayana, Rajasthan-321401.
4. Rameshwar, Trackman Maintainer, Grade-I, O/o Senior Section Engeineer, West Central Railway Station (Bte), Bharatpur-321001.
5. Yunus Khan C/o Shri Alladin Khan, Track Maintainer, Grade-I, Under Sse (P.way) Baran Railway Station Bijora, Distt. Baran-325205.
6. Devkant Sonof Late Shri Guru Prasad, Aged About 47 Years, Resident Of Railway Colony, Bayana (Bharatpur) (Rajasthan) At Present Working As Track Maitainer Gr-I, In The O/o Senior Section Engineer, P.way West Central Railway Station Bayana (Rajasthan) Sub Promotion. ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Satish Chandra. For Respondent(s) : Mr. P.C. Sharma. Mr. Amitabh Jatav. Mr. Anupam Agarwal. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Agarwal.
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE INDERJEET SINGH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVI CHIRANIA
Order 03/12/2025
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1. By way of this writ petition, the petitioner has challenged the
order dated 04.03.2025 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Jaipur (hereinafter referred to as “the Tribunal”) in Original Application No.107/2025, whereby the Tribunal disposed of the said application without hearing the petitioner who was respondent No.5 before the Tribunal.
2. The Tribunal on 04.03.2025, passed the following order:-
“Heard. Issue notices to the respondents. Shri Ashish Dadhich, Advocate, appeared on advance instructions and accepts notices on behalf of the respondents. Heard both side. Respondents are directed to decide and redraw eligibility list and the result, Annexure-A/1 & A/2, respectively applying the ratio adjudicated by this Bench of the Tribunal vide order dated 30.01.2024 in O.A. No. 421/2024 which was considered by the Division Bench of the Hon'ble High Court of Rajasthan at Jaipur in CWP NO. 5558/2023 titled as Abdul Rashid Vs. Union of India & Ors. annexed as Annexure-A/15 with the O.A., within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. Till then, respondents shall not proceed on Annexure-A/1 & A/2. Accordingly, the O.A. is disposed off with directions as above. No costs.”
3. Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that the Tribunal decided the Original Application at the admission stage without providing opportunity of hearing to the petitioner, who was admittedly a party-respondent before the Tribunal.
4. Mr. P.C. Sharma, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the official respondents has not disputed this fact.
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5. We have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the order dated 04.03.2025 passed by the Tribunal.
6. Upon careful examination of the said order, we find that the Tribunal wrongly decided the Original Application without providing opportunity of hearing to the petitioner. Therefore, we deem it just and proper to allow the present writ petition and the order dated 04.03.2025 passed by the Tribunal is set aside and the matter is remanded back to the Tribunal. The Tribunal shall decide the matter afresh, preferably within a period of one month after receiving the certified copy of this order.
7. Accordingly, the writ petition is allowed. All the pending applications stand disposed of.
8. The parties are directed to appear before the Tribunal on
09.12.2025. All persons who are aggrieved shall be free to file appropriate applications before the Tribunal.
(RAVI CHIRANIA),J (INDERJEET SINGH),J MG/26