Deepak Ugale vs SOUTH CENTRAL RAILWAY on 8 October 2026

1. Deepak Ugale, S/o Nandu Ugale, Aged 28 years, Occ: Assistant Loco Pilot (Group-C), O/o Chief Crew Controller, Aurangabad R.S, Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra State. R/o Plot No. 64, Ambika Nagar, Pisadevi Road, Harsool, Aurangabad, Maharashtra State.

2. Nitin Patel, So Shri Narayan, Aged 31 years, Occ: Assistant Loco Pilot, O/o Chief Crew Controller, Purna R.S, Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra State. R/o 591N/851 Brij Vihari, Telibagh, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh State.

3. Pawar Sachin Govid, S/o Govind, Aged 32 years, Occ: Assistant Loco Pilot, O/o Chief Crew Controller, Purna R.S, Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra State. Ro Malewadi, Gangakhed, Dist- Parbani, Maharashtra State.

4. Pawan Tawar, So Chunni Lal, Aged 31 years, Occ: Assistant Loco Pilot, O/o Chief Crew Controller, Aurangabad R.S, Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra State. R/o Chandpur, Dist- Faridabad, Haryana State.

5. Lakde Rahul Madhukarrao, S/o LakdeMadhukarrao, Aged 32 years, Occ: Assistant Loco Pilot, 0/o Chief Crew Controller, Purna R.S, Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra State. R/o 840, Radhai Nivas, Shri Ram Nagar, Koregaon Road, Parbhani, Maharashtra State.

6. Ajay Yadav, So Ratan Singh, Aged 31 years, Occ: Assistant Loco Pilot, 0/o Chief Crew Controller, Purna R.S, Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra State.

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R/o Mechana Tehsil, Farukhnagar, Gurugram, Haryana State.

7. Shailesh Vishwakarma, S/o Shiv Kr. Vishwakarma, Aged 23 years, Occ: Assistant Loco Pilot, O/o Chief Crew Controller, Purna R.S, Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra State. R/o Chhanehata, Bhikhpur, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh State.

8. Gaike Samadhan Bhanudas, S/o Bhanudas, Aged 29 years, Occ: Assistant Loco Pilot, O/o Chief Crew Controller, Purna R.S, Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra State. R/o Shuklatirth, Laimgaon, Manjal, Dist- Beed, Maharashtra State.

9. Indrapratap Yadav, S/o Bharat Yadav, Aged 30 years, Occ: Assistant Loco Pilot, O/o Chief Crew Controller, Purna R.S, Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra State. R/o Vilage Hathnaura Kala, P/o Loniadeeh, Azamgarh Dist, Uttar Pradesh State.

10. Ankit Raj Verma, S/o Ramsharan Prasad, Aged 27 years, Occ: Assistant Loco Pilot, O/o Chief Crew Controller, Purna R.S, Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra State. R/o Linepar, Mirzapur, Near Surya Mandiv, Naweda, Bihar State.

11. Navin Kumar,S/o Rajendra Prasad Sah, Aged 28 years, Occ: Assistant Loco Pilot, O/o Chief Crew Controller, Purna R.S, Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra State. R/o Mahavir Chowk, Kasba, Purnia, Bihar State.

... Applicants.

(By Advocate: Mr. K R K V Prasad)

Vs.

1. Union of India represented by The Director, Establishment (SCT)-I, Ministry of Railways, Railway Board, New Delhi.

2. The General Manager, South Central Railway, Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad.

3. The Divisional Railway Manager, South Central Railway, Nanded Division, Nanded.

4. The Divisional Personnel Officer (Co-ordination), South Central Railway, Nanded Division, Nanded.

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5. Kamble Prakash Janraoji, Occ: Assistant Loco Pilot, O/o Chief Crew Controller, Adilabad R.S, Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra State.

6. Teeka Ram Meena, Occ: Assistant Loco Pilot, O/o Chief Crew Controller, Nanded R.S, Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra State.

7. Pravin Nivruthi Kamble, S/o Nivrutti Kamble, Age 30 years, Occ: Assistant Loco Pilot, O/o Chief Crew Controller, Purna R. S. Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra.

8. Nitesh Pakhale, S/o Dayaram Pakhale, Age 33 years, Occ: Assistant Loco Pilot, O/o Chief Crew Controller, Adilabad R.S. Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra.

9. Atish Ganvir, S/o Gangaram Ganvir, Age 31 years, Occ: Assistant Loco Pilot, O/o Chief Crew Controller, Akola R. S. Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra.

10. Deepak Dambre, S/o Dhanraj Dambre, Age 29 years, Occ: Assistant Loco Pilot, O/o Chief Crew Controller Purna R.S. Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra.

11. Vaibhav Moon, S/o Harichandra Moon, Age 33 years, Occ: Assistant Loco Pilot, O/o Chief Crew Controller Adilabad R. S. Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra.

12. Bharat Ram Meena, S/o Hari Prasad Meena, Age 29 years, Oce: Assistant Loco Pilot, O/o Chief Crew Controller, Adilabad R. S. Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra.

13. Aniket Bhele, S/o Anil Bhele, Age 29 years,

Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra.

14. Swapnil Bawane, S/o Manik Bawane, Age 28 years, Occ: Assistant Loco Pilot, O/o Chief Crew Controller, Adilabad R. S. Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra.

15.. Nandkishor Gaikwad, S/o Ashok Gayakwad, Age 30 years, Oce: Assistant Loco Pilot, O/o Chief Crew Controller, Akola R. S. Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra.

16. Siddharth Ramteke, S/o Dewanand Ramteke, Age 33 years, Occ: Assistant Loco Pilot, O/o Chief Crew Controller, Akola R. S. Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra.

17. Kiran Potphode, S/o Rajaram Potphode, Age 30 years, Oce: Assistant Loco Pilot, O/o Chief Crew Controller, Purna R. S. Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra.

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18. Jitendra Kumar, S/o Ram Kumar, Age 26 years, Occ: Assistant Loco Pilot, O/o Chief Crew Controller, Adilabad R. S. Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra.

19. Rahul Kamble, S/o Vishwanathrao Kamble, Age 30 years, Oce: Assistant Loco Pilot, O'o Chief Crew Controller, Nanded R. S. Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra.

20. Shubham Rangari, So Siddharth Rangari, Age 29 years, Occ: Assistant Loco Pilot, O/o Chief Crew Controller, Akola R. S. Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra.

21. Rahul Kumar, S'o Karan Singh, Age 26 years, Occ: Assistant Loco Pilot, O/o Chief Crew Controller, Purna R. S. Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra.

22. Rajwant Gautam, S/o Devi Prasad, Age 28 years, Occ: Assistant Loco Pilot, Oro Chief Crew Controller, Purna R. S. Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra.

23. Suman Saurabh, S/o Kapil Dev Das, Age 30 years, Occ: Assistant Loco Pilot, O/o Chief Crew Controller, Purna R. S. Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra.

24 .Praful Patil, S/o Vinayak Patil, Age 33 years, Occ: Assistant Loco Pilot, O/o Chief Crew Controller, Adilabad R. S. Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Maharashtra

25. Umak Prashant Samadhan s/o Samadhan Umak Age-33 Years, Occ: Service, R/o Near HP Gas Godown, Basera Colony, Malkapur, Akola, Maharashtra - 444001

26. Arun Tayade s/o Ramesh Tayade Age-36 years, Occ: Service, Sindakhed Pokhari, Jalna, Maharashtra -431203

27. Sonaji marotrao Guhade s/o Marotrao Guhade, Age-33 years, Occ: Service, R/o Pangra Shinde, Basmat, Basmathnagar, Hingoli, Maharashtra - 431512

28. Meshram Pallash Arvind S/o Arvind Meshram Age-32 years, Occ: Service, R/o Near Ambedkar Statue, New Khalashi Line, VTC: Kamptee, District: Nagpur Mahrashtra 441002.

29. Kharat Rajaram Dilip s/o Dilip Kharat Age-30 years, Occ: Service, R/o Railway Station Road, Tathagat Nagar, VTC: Basmath, PO: Basmathnagar, District: Hingoli, Maharashtra-431512

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30. Rajendra Kumar Meena s/o Mahaveer Meena Age-31 years, Occ: Service, R/o Neemoda, Chitawa, Boondi, Rajasthan-323602

31. Maheswar Bachhley s/o Naresh Bachhley Age-32 years, Occ: Service, R/o Ward 12, Sadar Bajar Hoshangabad Madhya Pradesh-461001

…Respondents.

(By Advocate: Mrs. B Gayatri Varma, Sr. CGSC, Mr. Shreyas Gachche, Mr. K Altaf Husaain)

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ORAL ORDER

((As per Hon’ble Mr. Manish Garg, Judicial Member)

By this Original Application, applicants are seeking following relief:

“…to call for the records pertaining to the Memorandum No. SCR/P.NED/210(A)/Mech(ELR) Cadre/Sr.ALP/Vol. III, dated 18.08.2023 and set aside and quash the said Memorandum dated 18.08.2023 to the extent of SI.No. 132 to 172 along with any other consequential proceeding being issued; and direct the respondent Railways to revise the said impugned Memorandum including the names of the applicants for promotion to the post of Senior Assistant Loco Pilot in terms of the seniority of the applicants and grant all other consequential benefits and pass such other order or orders as deemed fit and proper in the interest of justice..”

2. Counsels for the parties are present.

3. When the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the applicants tenders the letter, dt. 03.10.2026, vide which the applicants herein have sought permission of the Bench to withdraw the O.A. Permission granted.

4. Accordingly, the OA is dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty to the applicants to agitate their grievances in accordance with law. M.A.s pending, if any, stand closed. Interim relief granted, if any, stands vacated. There shall be no order as to costs.

(VARUN SINDHU KUL KAUMUDI) (MANISH GARG) ADMINISTRATIVE MEMBER JUDICIAL MEMBER

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O.A. dismissed on :

08.10.2026 Order dictated on :

08.10.2026 Submitted for approval on : 09.10.2026

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