WRIT - A No. 4383 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:110226-DB Chief Justice's Court Case :- WRIT - A No. - 4383 of 2025 Petitioner :- Sanjeev Chauhan Respondent :- Central Administrative Tribunal Allahabad and 4 others Counsel for Petitioner :- V.K. Ojha for Ashish Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- Shashi Prakash Singh (A.S.G.I.) with Dinesh Varun Hon'ble Arun Bhansali,Chief Justice Hon'ble Kshitij Shailendra,J. 1. This petition is directed against order dated 12.02.2025, passed in Original Application ('OA') No. 734 of 2023, passed by Central Administrative Tribunal, Allahabad Bench, Allahabad, whereby the OA filed by the petitioner seeking benefit of Old Pension Scheme has been rejected. 2. The OA was filed with the submissions that the Government has issued Office Memorandum dated 03.03.2023 providing for coverage under the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 in place of National Pension Scheme for those Central Government employees, who were recruited against the posts/vacancies advertised/notified for recruitment on or before 22.12.2003. 3. Submissions have been made that though the petitioner was accorded compassionate appointment by order dated 04.05.2007 as his father had die