ABHAY KUMAR vs DIVISIONAL RAILWAY MANAGER & ANR.

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$~24 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 10.11.2025 + W.P.(C) 6003/2023 & CM APPL. 46956/2025 ABHAY KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr.Ashim Shridhar and Ms.Archy Gupta, Adv. versus DIVISIONAL RAILWAY MANAGER & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr.Virender Pratap Singh Charak, Ms.Shubhra Parashar and Mr.Dipesh Chaudhary, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MADHU JAIN NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL) 1. This petition has been filed, challenging the Order dated 12.03.2021 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as, the ‘Tribunal’) in O.A. No.1547/2020, titled Abhay Kumar v. Divisional Railway Manager/P & Anr., filed by the petitioner herein, to the limited extent that it allows the benefit of pay protection to the petitioner only prospectively and without any arrears. 2. The petitioner was initially appointed as Engineer (Mechanical) Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 6003/2023 Page 1 of 5 By:REYMON VASHIST Signing Date:12.11.2025 17:56:32 with the National Thermal Power Corporation (in short, ‘NTPC’) on 04.08.2009 and had been subsequently confirmed in the pay scale of Rs.24900-50500 with effect from 04.08.2010. Thereafter, he was appointed as a Direct Recruit in the Indian Railways Service Mechanical Engineers (in short, ‘IRSME’), through UPSC Engineering Services Examination, 2009, as a probationer on 28.02.2011. Upon completion of his probationary training, the petitioner sought pay protection vide his application dated 08.03.2013, followed by several reminder letters. However, the respondent no.1, by an Order dated 08.09.2020, rejected his representations reiterating that the benefit of pay protection was not available to candidates selected throug