Central Administrative Tribunal - Patna
Santosh Kumar And Others vs East Central Railway on 8 April, 2026
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CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL
PATNA BENCH, PATNA
O.A. No. 050/00210
210/2026
Date of order: -08.04.2026
CORAM
HON'BLE JUSTICE MR. NARENDRA KUMAR JOHARI
JOHARI, MEMBER [J]
HON'BLE MR.KUMAR RAJESH CHANDRA, MEMBER [A
[A]
1. Santosh Kumar, Aged about 50 Years, Male, S/o Late Kedar Prasad
Gupta, R/o - Near Night School, Brahmapura, Nandan Sahu Lane, PS
Brahmapura, M.I.T. Muzaffarpur, Bihar 842003. At present working
as Loco Pilots Goods, Muzaffarpur
Muzaffarpur Lobby, Sonpur Division, Eastern
Patna
Bench Central Railway.
POOJA Digitally signed by
KUMARI POOJA KUMARI 2. Ravi Ranjan, Aged about 39 Years, Male, S/o Late Ravindra Nath
Thakur, R/o - Police Line Road, Kanhauli, Near Pristine Children
High School, Ward No. 47, Thana Mithanpura, Muzaffarpur, Bihar
842001. At present working as Loco Pilots Passengers, Muzaffarpur
Lobby, Sonpur Division, Eastern Central Railway.
3. Manjay Kumar, Aged about 42 Years, Male, S/o - Sh. Harihar Ray,
R/o Satpura, Chandanpatti, Muzaffarpur, Bihar 843104. At present
working as Sr. Asstt. Loco Pilots, Muzaffarpur Lobby, Sonpur
Division, Eastern Central Railway.
4. Md. Zafar, Aged about 47 Years, Male, S/o - Late Md. Iqbal, R/o -
Razi Haider Compound, Ram Bagh Road, PO Ramna, Muzaffarpur,
Bihar -842002,
842002, At present working as Asstt. Loco Pilots
Pilots,, Muzaffarpur
Lobby, Sonpur Division, Eastern Central Railway.
5. Rama Shankar Singh, Aged about 41 Years, Male, S/o - Sh. Ram
Lagan Singh, R/o Vill+PO-
Vill+PO Sahbaspur, PS
PS- Riga, Distt Sitamarhi,
Bihar - 843327. At present working as Sr. Asstt. Loco Pilots,
Muzaffarpur Lobby, Sonpur Division, Eastern Central Railway.
Muzaffarpur
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6. Anurag, Aged about 31 Years, Male, S/o Sh. Sunil Kumar, R/o -Lane
Lane
No. 4B, Bawan Bigha, Khadi Bhandar, Muzaffarpur, Bihar -842002.
842002.
At present working as Sr. Asstt. Loco Pilots, Muzaffarpur Lobby,
Sonpur Division, Eastern Central Railway.
7. Gaurav Kumar, Aged about 30 Years, Male, S/o Sh. Subodh Kumar
Singh, R/o - Vill - Madhopurhari, PO - Bahura Gopi Singh, PS
Rajepur, Distt East Champaran, Bihar 845636. At present working as
Sr. Asstt. Loco Pilots, Muzaffarpur Lobby, Sonpur Division, Eastern
Central Railway.
Patna 8. Manish Kumar, Aged about 34 Years, Male, S/o
S/o- Sri Raj Kumar
Bench
Mahto, R/o - Ram Bagh Road, Near Teacher Training School, PS
PS--
POOJA Digitally signed by Mithanpura, Distt Muzaffarpur, Bihar 842001. At present working as
KUMARI POOJA KUMARI
Sr. Asstt.
sstt. Loco Pilots, Muzaffarpur Lobby, Sonpur Division, Eastern
Central Railway.
9. Virendra Kumar Singh, Aged about 42 Years, Male, S/o Sh. Uttim
Lal Singh, R/oAt+PO Ekahari, Via Ladaniya, Distt
Distt-Madhubani,
Madhubani, Bihar
- 847232. At present working as Sr. Asstt. Loc
Loco
o Pilots, Muzaffarpur
Lobby, Sonpur Division, Eastern Central Railway.
10. Pankaj Kumar, Aged about 41 Years, Male, S/o - Sh. Ramjinish
Prasad Singh, R/o Jeevan Jyoti, West of Thahra State Tubewell, Ward
No. 06, Thahra, Samastipur, Bihar 848115. At present working as Sr.
Asstt. Loco Pilots, Muzaffarpur Lobby, Sonpur Division, Eastern
Central Railway.
11. Shambhu Prasad Singh, Aged about 46 Years, Male, S/o Sh.
Chandeshwar Singh, R/o - Chak Haji, Samastipur, Bihar - 848115. At
present working as Sr. Asstt. Loco Pilots, Muzaffarpur Lobby, Sonpur
Division, Eastern Central Railway.
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12. Prakash Kumar, Aged about 34 Years, Male, S/o Sh. Mukesh
Sharma, R/o-NH
R/o NH 28, Twin Tower, Farmvilla, Khabra, Khabra Urf
Kiratpur Gurdas, Muzaffarpur, Bihar - 843146. At present working ass
Sr. Asstt. Loco Pilots, Muzaffarpur Lobby, Sonpur Division, Eastern
Central Railway.
13. Amit Kumar, Aged about 39 Years, Male, S/o
S/o-Sh.
Sh. Kanchan Kishor
Srivastava, R/o-H.No.
R/o H.No. 168 H, Sadbhavana Nagar, Behind Old LIC
Building, Naya Tola, Muzaffarpur, Bihar 842001. At present working
as Sr. Asstt. Loco Pilots, Muzaffarpur Lobby, Sonpur Division,
Eastern Central Railway.
Patna
Bench
14. Sumit Kumar Khosla, Aged about 38 Years, Male, S/o - Sh. Vijay
POOJA Digitally signed by Khosla, R/o - At - Bhupatti, PO- Kharagbani, PS - Babubarhi, Distt -
KUMARI POOJA KUMARI
Madhubani, Bihar - 847224. At present working as Sr. Asstt. Loco
Pilots, Muzaffarpur Lobby, Sonpur Division, Eastern Centra
Centrall
Railway.
15. Nitin Alok, Aged about 30 Years, Male, S/o - Sh. Dilip Kumar, R/o
Vill - Mishrauliya Afjalpur, PO Mishrauliya, Distt
Distt- Vaishali, Bihar
844120. At present working as Sr. Asstt. Loco Pilots, Muzaffarpur
Lobby, Sonpur Division, Eastern Central Rai
Railway.
16. Purushottam Kumar, Aged about 39 Years, Male, S/o Sh. Ram
Kishor Prasad, R/o Chakla Waini, Samastipur, Bihar - 848131. At
present working as Sr. Asstt. Loco Pilots, Muzaffarpur Lobby, Sonpur
Division, Eastern Central Railway.
17. Deepak Kumar, Aged about
about 33 Years, Male, S/o -Sh.
Sh. Baidynath Sah,
R/o - At - Damodarpur Dumri, PO - Padmaul, PS - Kurhani, Distt--
Muzaffarpur, Bihar 844120. At present working as Sr. Asstt. Loco
Pilots, Muzaffarpur Lobby, Sonpur Division, Eastern Central
Railway.
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18. Rakesh Ranjan,
Ranjan, Aged about 35 Years, Male, S/o Late Udeshi Bhagat,
R/o - At+PO - Nariyar, Via- Kanti, PS Motipur, Distt
Distt-Muzaffarpur,
Muzaffarpur,
Bihar - 843109. At present working as Sr. Asstt. Loco Pilots,
Muzaffarpur Lobby, Sonpur Division, Eastern Central Railway.
19. Hariom Prasad, Aged about 38 Years, Male, S/o -Sh.
Sh. Parshuram Sah,
R/o Vill-
Vill Garahiya, PO- Jhitkahi, PS-- Dhaka, Dist- East Champaran,
Bihar PIN-845427.
PIN 845427. At present working as Sr. Asstt. Loco Pilots,
Muzaffarpur Lobby, Sonpur Division, Eastern Central Railwa
Railway.
20. Ashutosh Kumar, Aged about 33 Years, Male, S/o Sh. Indradeo
Patna Paswan, R/o - Vill - Korara, PO- Yashodamath, PS
PS- Motipur, Distt--
Bench
Muzaffarpur, Bihar - 843111. At present working as Sr. Asstt. Loco
POOJA Digitally signed by Pilots, Muzaffarpur Lobby, Sonpur Division, Eastern Central
KUMARI POOJA KUMARI
Railway.
21. Rajiv Ranjan, Aged about 35 Years, Male, S/o Late Rati Kant
Rasendra, R/o - Amgola Paraw Pokhar Lane No - 02, PO - Ramna, PS
Kazimohammadpur, Distt Muzaffarpur, Bihar - 842002. At present
working as Sr. Asstt. Loco Pilots, Muzaffarpur Lobby, So
Sonpur
npur
Division, Eastern Central Railway.
.........Applicants
Versus
1. The Union of India, through the General Manger, East Central
Railway, Hajipur, P.O. - Digghikala, P.S. -Hajipur (Sadar), District -
Vaishali
Vaishali-844101 (Bihar).
2. The Principal Chief Personnel Officer,
fficer, East Central Railway, Ha
Hajipur,
jipur,
P.O. Digghikala, P.S. Hajipur (Sadar), District Vaishali Vaishali--
844101(Bihar).
3. The Principal Chief Electrical Engineer, East Central Railway,
Hajipur, P.O. Digghikala, P.S. Hajipur (Sadar), District Vaishali
Vaishali--
844101
01 (Bihar).
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4. The Chief Electrical Loco Engineer, East Central Railway, Hajipur,
P.O. Digghikala, P.S. Hajipur (Sadar), District Vaishali
Vaishali-844101
844101
(Bihar).
5. The Divisional Railway Manager, East Central Railway, Sonpur,
District - Saran-841101 (Bihar).
6. The Senior Divisional Personnel Officer, East Central Railway,
Sonpur, District - Saran-841101
841101 (Bihar).
7. The Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer (OP), East Central Railway,
Sonpur, District - Saran-841101
841101 (Bihar).
8. The Chief Crew Controller Combined Crew Lobby Muzaffarpur,
District - Muzaffarpur-842001
842001 (Bihar).
Patna
Bench
9. The Divisional Railway Manager, East Central Railway, Samastipur
Division, District - Samastipur - 848101 (Bihar).
POOJA Digitally signed by
KUMARI POOJA KUMARI
10. The Senior Divisional Personnel Officer, East Central Railway,
Samastipur Division, District - Samastipur
Samastipur-848101 (Bihar).
11. The Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer (OP), East Central
Railway, Samastipur Division, District Samastipur 848101(Bihar).
12. The Secretary, Railway Board, Ministry of Railways, Government of
India, Rail Bhawan, Raisina Road, New Delhi
Delhi-110001.
........Opposite
Opposite parties
For Applicant:-
Applicant: Mr. Sanjay Kumar
Kumar, Advocate
For Opposite parties:-
parties Mr. T.N. Thakur, ld. Sr. CGSC
O R D E R (Oral)
Per: Mr. Kumar Rajesh Chandra
Chandra, Member (A):
1. This application is at notice stage hearing. Though the counsel for respondents has appeared on the receipt of advance copy of the O.A A. but this Tribunal has not issued any direction to the respondents to file written statement. 6
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2. Ld. counsels for both the parties are present. Heard.
3. In this case, the applicants have filed their representations on 16.01.2026, 17.01.2026, 18.01.2026 and 19.01.2026. According to provision of Section 20 of the Administrative Tribunal Act the remedy available to the applicants under service rules has recently been taken recourse to and the stipulated time period for such consideration by the Government has still not been completed. Hence, ence, the O.A. is clearly premature.
mature.
Patna Bench 4. Accordingly, the O.A. is dismissed in limine as premature.
POOJA 5.
Digitally signed by
M.A. No. 185 of 2026 also stands disposed of.
KUMARI POOJA KUMARI
(Mr. Kumar Rajesh Chandra)
Chandra (Mr. Narendra Kumar Johari)
Member (A)
( Member (J)
pk/-