WP/3413/2026 of Ch. Aruna Vs Union of India on 6 February 2026

1. Union of lndia, Represented by its Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Shramashakthi Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi - 1 10 001 .

2. The Director General (Labour Welfare), Govt. of lndia, lt/inistry of Labour and Employment, Jaisalmer House, l\,4ansingh Road, New Delhi- 110 0'1 1.

3. The Welfare Commissioner, Government of lndia, Ministry of Labour and Employment, CGO Complex, Seminary Hills, Nagpur -440006.

4. Assistant Welfare Administrator, Labour Welfare Organization, Ministry of Labour and Employment, CGO Complex, Seminary Hills, Nagpur - 440006.

5. The Welfare Commissioner, Government of lndia, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Kendriya Sadan, Hyderabad - 500095. .....RESPONDENTS Petition Under Article 226 of the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated rn the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue any Writ or Order or direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Certiorari calling for records pertaining to the order dated 09.01.2026 passed by the Hon'ble Central Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad Bench at Hyderabad in O.A No. 2312026 and by declaring that the same suffers with error apparent on the face of record, against the principles l natural justice and violative of the Order of the Hon'ble High Court for the Stat: of Tr:langana vide its Order dated 11.12.2A25 in W.P No. 37976 of 2025, quz r l- and set aside the impugned order dated 09.01.2026 and allow the O.A as pra\,( (l for l.A..NO:1 OF 2026 Petrtion Under Section 151 CPC praying that in the c r the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Cou( nr r the Respondent No.3 to release the pay and allowances of t for the period of 87 days earned leave granted by hinr 31 05.2023 prefixing Saturday and Sunday on 04.5.2023 an. vide his letter No W&CC/NGP/B l1(2)20221115 dated 11.01 .?- oI the above writ petition. ) J mstances stated in 'be pleased to direct r: Petitioner payable lrom 06.03.2023 to 05 05 2023 granted, r;24 irend ing disposal Counsel for the Petitioner : SRI T.KOTESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondents : SRI N.BHUJANGA RAO, Dt: 'JTY SOLICITOR GENERAL OF INDIA The Court made the following ORDER

i IN TIII HI(;I{ COURT I.'OR TIIE STA'TI. 0F TELANCANA A1' H YDER.\BAD TIIE I{()\OURAI}l.E SRt .t trSTI( t. l'.S.{\' K()SH}' A\I) THE, IIONOTiR,\I]LE SRI .IT]STIC[- \,\I{St\(; f{l\O \,.\NDIK()\I):\ WI'.No.31i,1 tlf 2026 I)a te:06.02.202(r Betrvecn: Ch.Aruna Pctilioncr .,\ r ii Union ol India, rcp.b)'its Secretary'. Ministrl of'Laborrr and finrpkrl,nrcrrr Ne*, I)clhi and others. . . Rcsptrntlcnts ORDER: (pe r Iton hlc Sri.lrt.stit:c 1'..\r:rr Ar;s/ir, lleard Mr.'1 . Kol-es\t ara I{ao. iearnctl counscl appearina lirr the petitioner and Mr.N.llhujanga ltao. lcanrcd I)cpLrtl. solicitor Cencral of lndia, appcaring on behallof thc respol)dcl)ts anC pcruscti tire recolli.

2. The instant Writ Pctition has he,ln tlicrl assailine thc ordcr passed by the Central Adrninistrativc lrit-.unal 1f L,r' short "thc TrihLrnal"). Hyderabad, in O.A.No.23 o12026, dared 09.0I 1026.

3. It would be relevant at this.iuncturc t() rake thc opcrativc part o1- the ordcr of the Tribunal rvhich reads rhus: "Having heard the lcarncd corrnsels iirr the parlics- the Compelc t Authori[ anrong thc rcspondcrts is dircctetl to eKamine and consider thc applicalit's l{cprc5!Lrtation datcd 21.10.2024, and dispose of thc sarnc br. passinl a reasonc,.! and speaking order, in accordancc n ith rulcs and larr, rvitlrin a period ofnro months from the datc r)l'reccil)t of tltis rrlrjcr Ordcrcd accordingll. It ii also i;te.re clcar til.l ,\.- ha\c r)(:t gone into the rncrits ofthe case. '

+ 'l'odar . Icrrrnod coiiirsel lbr thc petitioner, subnl t ; tltat becausc of iire i.ret lhat,ir.r.,\\irc sdrics ol litigations in the pasr. \! llrc thcrc \\cre cci-liiirt orricIs ,)l slittLr>-ilLro \\as also irr 0pcratiort ir itrrtur 0l' tirc l-,.iiiii)ilci. .r . LlLltLr r,. [hcre irrre also ccftain lcll' sli;rilirtneii. .\ , :i irlticll harc noL boen considcrcd h\ t r) rc)pondenLs. rrhiie rlcclrrrir..l rlrc pcriirtl ol'ahsence as 'unauthorizc I rrtrscncc'. .lhe pciiiil:rli (rr .,i:lici occiision approached the Writ ( r rrt. shere the i)ii i.ioii Ili;r: : l tiris i Iigh CoLrrt in WI'.No.37976 ()l l r.l5 decided on ii.il.l()la ir.rir ,ttc(l thc pctitioncrto raise all thc griL'r i nccs incluclinq s hich rr cre thc u::ailinq,ri ilc sh.\\-causc llotice alleging unautll()li cd ahscncc br u ar ..i iicsh i ).,.\ bclbrc the appropriate lorum./-Iribunu rl

I lic r ,irrilrliorr o1' the petitioner is that in Ll t tccth ol the i[]iri.!rloDtioir.ri .).(lcr ol' thc [lieh Court. thc TrihrI il iustcarl ol :'rrt.rnrlinq il.J il rttcl brck to the cr,)mpclcnt authorit\. I r r ccidc ouc,ht to l-r.rr i iir,'iileil iit,r i)t:rttcr a,il lTlorits

I.carncii ,)cprrt'. Solicitor (-ieneral ol fndia. ap -. ':rring lor thc IC:l-'i tll(!r)l.ltS rlte rrihcr hirnci. contends that ordcr tr, <ier challcnsc irasscd 1.',r tltc i 'rirr.rnal is trclt in anv manncr prc.iudicial {:' thc itltcrcst ol thc pctitioncr. iiuthcr. ii rvould be more appropriatc il'tr mauer is lctt fix.iitc cornpe-icni aulhoriiv in the Department to decidt,r rthc merits of thi casc all.el r.:-rrtinizing thc ntaterial papers pertainirrr o the various ordors of Lhe Courts as also the lcavc positiofr' particularl] :auctioning o1'thc lcaves during the pcriod oiabscncc o!1' thc i:dirinistrali'e side-

1. Having clull considered the colllcntions elld subtllissrr)li-r put lirrth on either sidc. u'e are of thc considercd opirliorl lllilt tl.icre t' l'rtec itl titc submission of learned Dcput) Solicitor (ielierai both' so liir :rs' *'hether thereisanypreju<licecausedinthelightoftheorderolthc.I.ribr-rnalarrd \e also found fbrce in his subntission it shoulc be lcft lbr Lllc compctctit authority to take a lair decision on the rcprcsentati()n thal lll': pctitioncr has made highlighting the .iusrilicatiorl that thc pctilioncl itrte r'ds to siYc inrespectoltheso-calledperiodofabscrrccrlhichinclrrrie.l}ieorcerol. status-quo that was in her favour and also thc cornpctcllt authoL-it'1 sanctioning ocrtain portion ol thc lear e during the intenetrirlg period B However. at this junoture' learneci oounsel lbr the pctiLtoner' submitsthatthoughtheTribunalhasclisposedolO.A,dircctirr-ltlle rospondents to decide the representation datcd 21 l0l0lj' whereas' according to the petitioner, thcre wcre bunoh of reprcsentations mirde \ \ during the illtermittent period each of those reprcsentations conslst grounds provided by the petitioner as erplanatiou to bc cousidercd thc rcspondents. q. Considering the fact that there are man\' rcprcsentalions that rhe pctitioner has ruade for convenience pulposc' toda,r'' rt ilen wc aru o1' by'

ciis|osing ol the prescr:l t'rit petition rvithout disturbi,ll ,he order of the I ribtrnal" datod 09.Ct 1 .2026. in O.A.NO.23 of 2026. n c onlv direct the surn-' pcrrniti!nr tirc t-.ctitioncr to make one consolidiit: i representation to th,.' rcsplr:il:t.ri.s. il, it,.iriition to thc roprescntation tjr. r'd I t.10.202.-1. ''iithin l 1;clir,ii .r1- tr.,l iiecks fiom toclal'. [Jpon s,rll rl:l]resentation an,.i -l iit paitrrr,liir iuii an api.lr'ol.rriate tlecision bv 1-,as,ine a reasoned lincl spcakins r:r'l1ci-. stlictly'. in accordance ivith the ruic r.nd guidelincs g..ri:iri;i-q li:'; !;-:lti nirri .ri.;o iilicr ,.lue consideration ci'; te grourtds that thc pctition::- iias r-ri\c(l in the representation r.it in thc period 1'rit:r'rihtC ii: Lle iircicr li lhc Iribunai itselli.c. tu,o rn.,r r hs ir:in g r,.r:iilc i:- iir) a)r'alar a! lri,r'tis ,ls ir':it , iii'ccted b'' the 'lribunal. let ri;nondcnt Nos.] lO' .,\ccoidiirslr, rh. \Uril Perition stands disposed (l -['hcre shall bc Niisc. il,u rco ti; iiirf iications peirding. ilany, shail : and oloscd. SD/ M.OSMAN ALI BAIG AFI; STANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// \ SECTION OFFICER To

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7. One CC to SRI lndia, Advocate

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1. The Secretary, Union of India, Ir/inist ry of Labo Shramashakthi Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi -

2. The Director General (Labour We fare), Govt. of a, I Employment, Jaisalmer House, Mansingh Road, ewt

3. The Welfare Commi ssioner, Government of lndia, Minis Employment, CGO Complex,Seminary Hills, Nagpur -4,

4. The Assistant Welfare Administrator Labour Welfare O Labour and Employment, CGO Complex, Seminary Hilll

5. The Welfare Commissioner, Government of India, Minis Employment, Kendriya Sadan, Hyderabad -500095. ,\ E r Srloyment, 0c1/ nistry of Labour and ,rll.ri-110011. t y of Labour and I 1006. 1 anization, Ministry of ; l{agpur- 440006. t y of Labour and T.KOTESWARA RAO, Advocate [OPU() N.B HUJANGA RAO, Deputy Solicitor G: r,-.ral of loPUCl .;&

\,, HIGH COURT DATED:0610212026

ORDER

WP.No.3413 of 2026 DISPOSING OF THE W.P WITHOUT COSTS. I .t *" -tHi ::' (

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