Central Administrative Tribunal
GURMEET KOUR vs SOCIAL WELFARE on 26 October 2026
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CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL
JAMMU BENCH, JAMMU
Hearing through video conferencing
Original Application No. 61/1473/2026
This the 26th day of October 2026
HON’BLE SHRI RAM MOHAN JOHRI, ADMINISTRATIVE MEMBER
HON’BLE SHRI DIWAKAR SINGH, JUDICIAL MEMBER
1.
Smt. Gurmeet Kour, Aged 59 years
W/o Ravinder Singh
R/o H.No.562-B, Colonel Colony, Opp Airport, Satwari Jammu, Junior Assistant, District Social Welfare Office, Samba, Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir.-184121
…..Applicant
(Through Advocate: Mr. Sanjay Kakkar)
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UT
of
J&K,
Through
Commissioner/Secretary
to
Government, Social Welfare Department, Civil Secretariat, Jammu/Srinagar -180001.
2.
Director, Social Welfare Department, Jammu & Kashmir, Jammu-180001.
3.
District Social Welfare Officer, Nandnhi Hills, Samba.-
184121.
.....Respondents
(Through Advocate: Mr. Hunar Gupta, learned Dy. A.G.)
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Shri Ram Mohan Johri, Administrative Member This is an Original Application filed by the applicant under Section-19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 seeking the following reliefs:- “i. allow the instant Original Application; ii. issue a direction to the respondents to constitute/convene a Review DPC and consider the case
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of the applicant for promotion to the post of Senior Assistant from the relevant vacancy year(s), in accordance with the applicable Recruitment Rules, seniority, eligibility and zone of consideration, within a time-bound period as this Hon'ble Tribunal may deem fit; iii. consequent upon such consideration, direct the respondents to grant promotion to the applicant to the post of Senior Assistant with all consequential benefits, including notional fixation of pay, seniority and arrears, from the date the applicant became entitled thereto, if she is found fit and entitled under the applicable rules; iv. direct the respondents to decide the applicant's representation dated 15.04.2026 expeditiously, by a reasoned and speaking order; v. award costs of the present Original Application in favour of the applicant and against the respondents; ANY other order or direction which this Hon'ble Tribunal may deem fit or proper in the facts and circumstances of the case.”
2. Today, when the matter was taken up, learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the present Original Application may be disposed of with directions to the respondents to treat the OA as a representation and decide the same within a stipulated period.
3. Having regard to the limited prayer made on behalf of the applicant, this Original Application is disposed of, without entering into the merits of the case, with a direction to the respondents to treat this OA as a formal representation of the applicant.
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4. The respondents shall pass a reasoned and speaking order on the aforesaid representation within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order.
5. With the aforesaid directions, the Original Application stands disposed of. No order as to costs.
(DIWAKAR SINGH)
(RAM MOHAN JOHRI) Judicial Member Administrative Member RS Pathania Steno-D
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