KRANTI GAURAV vs SHRI PRIYANK BHARTI, Director General, NIC and ors on 4 November 2026

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL PRINCIPAL BENCH 61/35, COPERNICUS MARG,NEW DELHI-110001 Order Sheet Item no.: 24 C.P./748/2026 (DELHI) [ CONTEMPT PETITION ] In O.A./1127/2025 RECRUITMENT Court No.: 4 No of Adjournment: 4 Order Dated: 04/11/2026 KRANTI GAURAV Vs SHRI PRIYANK BHARTI, DIRECTOR GENERAL, NIC AND ORS

For Applicant(s) Advocate : Mr. Nilansh Gaur For Respondent(s) Advocate : Mr. Hanu Bhaskar, Mr. Rudra Pratap Singh, Mr. Anubhav Nigam Order of The Tribunal Learned counsel for the respondents submits that a compliance affidavit has been filed in connected matter in C.P. No. 793/2026 on behalf of the respondnets. He highlights para 13 & 14, which reads as under: "13. That the Larger Bench has approved the subsequent Chennai Bench order dated 15.07.2026 in Krishna Kumar M. and Giritharan R., holding that the recruitment process should be completed without conducting fresh interviews and the appointment orders are to be issued only after fulfilment of the eligibility conditions prescribed under the applicable Recruitment Rules and the terms of Advertisement No. NIELIT/NIC/2022/2.

14. That the process of re-interview and re-assessment of eligibility of remaining applicants by the Independent Committee had to be put-up on hold due to the O.A. No.962/2025 titled Neeraj Kumar & Anr. in view of the matter referred to Larger Bench due to variance in order dated 30.04.2026 in O.A. No. 1127/2025 & OA NO. 1409/2025 passed by Principal Bench and order dated 15.07.2026 of Chennai Bench." Learned counsel for the respondents is directed to file full compliance within eight weeks.

Re-notify on 05.01.2027.

Dr. Anand S Khati Member (A) Manish Garg Member (J) Suraj Bisht ( steno 'c' )