Central Administrative Tribunal
Neelam Singh vs POWER DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT on 31 December 2024
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O.A. No. 04/2025
CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL
JAMMU BENCH, JAMMU
Hearing through video conferencing
Original Application No. 04/2025
Order Date- 31.12.2024
HON’BLE MR. RAJINDER SINGH DOGRA, MEMBER (J)
HON’BLE MR. RAM MOHAN JOHRI, MEMBER (A)
1. Neelam Singh Age 54 years S/o Late Sh. Tapaswi Singh, R/o VPO: Sehswan Tehsil Marheen District Kathua-184148.
2. Sanjeev Kumar Age 55 years S/o Late Sh. Khem Raj R/o Village Nonth, Tehsil Ghagwal District Samba-184141.
3. Ravinder Sharma Age 52 years, S/o Durga Dass R/o Village Parngoli, Tehsil Dinga Amb, District Kathua184144.
4. Sukhdev Singh Age 56 years S/o Late Sh. Labh Singh R/o Village Ghagwal, Tehsil Ghagwal District Samba-184141.
5. Kulbir Singh Age S/o Sh. Baldev Singh years R/o VPO
Badrore, Tehsil and District Jammu-180001.
6. Rakesh Kumar Age years S/o Sh. Thoru Ram R/o VPO
Gho Brahmana, Tehsil Ramgarh, District Samba-181141.
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7. Triveni Dutt Age years S/o Sh. Bhram Dutt R/o Village Rattian, Tehsil R.S Pura District Jammu-181102.
8. Surinder Paul Sharma Age years S/o Sh. Madan Lal Sharma R/o H.No.512, Housing Colony, Janipur, Jammu-
180007.
9. Mohd. Rafiq Age 54 years S/o Mohd. Latief R/o Village Champa, Tehsil Ramban District Doda-182143.
10. Mohd. Latief Age 54 years S/o Mohd. Sharief R/o Nagar Bhad Bhaderwah, District Doda-182222.
11.Shiv Charan Singh Age 54 years S/o Mukand Singh R/o VPO Barwal, District Kathua184143.
12. Ajit Singh Age 45 years S/o Ludar Mani R/o Village Dhar Gaddian Tehsil and District Udhampur-182101.
13.Pardeep Singh Jamwal Age 38 years S/o Sh. Kuldeep Singh Jamwal R/o H.No.139, Jandhria Mohalla, Pacca Danga, Jammu-181201.
14.Subash Kumar Age 46 years S/o Sh. Hans Raj R/o Chanunta Teshil Ramnagar District Udhampur-182124.
15.Madan Lal Age 42 years S/o Sh. Parmanand R/o Village Charat Tehsil Chenani, District Udhampur-182141.
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16. Arjan Singh Age 47 years S/o Sh. Sagar Singh R/o Village Bali, Tehsil and District Udhampur-182101
…Applicants
(Advocate: - Mr. Ashwani Sharma)
Versus
1. The U.T of J&K through Principal/Commissioner Secretary to Govt. Power Development Department, Jammu & Kashmir, Civil Secretariat, Jammu/Srinagar, Pin Code-180001
Ministry of Power, Email: pdd-jk@nic.in
2. The Managing Director, JPDCL, Jammu Pincode-180006, Email: mdjpdcl.com
3. The Chief Engineer, JPDCL Canal Road, Jammu, Pin Code-
180016.
4. Chief Engineer, JPTCL, S&O, Panama Chowk, Jammu-180001.
5. Chief Electrical Inspector, J&K, Jammu-180001.
6. Executive Engineer Inspection Division, PDD, Jammu-180001.
7. Executive Engineer, ED-II, Udhampur-182121.
8. Executive Engineer, ED-II, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu-180004
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9. Executive Engineer, STD-III, Kathua-184101.
10. Executive Engineer, M&RE, Sub Division, Hiranagar-
184142.
11. Executive Engineer, TLMD-III, Udhampur-182101.
12. Executive Engineer, JKPTCL STD, Doda-182202.
…Respondents
(Advocate:- Mr. Hunar Gupta, DAG)
ORDER
Miscellaneous Application No. 06 of 2025 The instant M.A. has been filed by the applicants under Rule 4(5) of C.A.T. (Procedure) Rules, 1987 seeking permission of this Tribunal to join and pursue this O.A. together. For the reasons stated therein, the M.A. is allowed. Original Application The instant Original Application (O.A.) has been filed by the applicants seeking a direction to respondents to grant the pay scale of (pre-revision) 220-430 with all pay revisions from time to time from the date of their appointment as Technicians-III and adjustment as Line Erector/Cable Jointer, with all
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consequential benefits including pay revisions etc from the date of their appointments, in view of judgement of Division Bench of Hon’ble High Court of Jammu & Kashmir dated 29.07.2013 in LPA No. 58/2013 along with clubbed matter titled State of J&K through Commissioner/Secretary to Government PDD V/s Joginder Singh & Ors and order dated 23.09.2024 passed by this Tribunal in case titled Tejinder Dutta 7 Ors Vs. UT of J&K and others.
2. At the outset, learned counsel for the applicants submitted that the applicants would be satisfied, at this stage, if a direction is issued to the respondents to treat a copy of this O.A. as representation of the applicants and decide the same within a time frame.
3. Looking to the limited prayer made by the learned counsel for the applicants, the O.A. is disposed of at the admission stage itself, without entering into the merits of the case, with a direction to respondents to treat a copy of this O.A. as representation of the applicants and decide the same by passing a reasoned and speaking order keeping in view the judgement of Division Bench of Hon’ble High Court of Jammu & Kashmir dated 29.07.2013 in LPA No. 58/2013 along with clubbed matter titled State of J&K through Commissioner/Secretary to Government PDD V/s Joginder
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Singh & Ors and order dated 23.09.2024 passed by this Tribunal in case titled Tejinder Dutta & Ors Vs. UT of J&K and others. A copy of the speaking order shall also be communicated to the applicants also. Let the whole exercise be completed within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order.
4. No order as to costs.
(RAM MOHAN JOHRI) (RAJINDER SINGH DOGRA)
MEMBER (A)
MEMBER (J)
Vs/
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