Ajay Kumar vs M/O Railways on 27 October, 2015
7. In MA No.239 of 2014 filed by the applicant seeking
condonation of delay, the applicant has stated that after his joining as Office
Clerk on 19.10.2005, he remained busy in sports activities for nearly five
years and also in attending the office for duty. Thereafter, he was on
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extraordinary leave for attending to his old father who suffered from cancer
and was undergoing treatment at Delhi. Therefore, he could not move the
Tribunal for redressal of his grievance as now raised by him in the O.A.
7.1 In the present case, the cause of action had arisen on 19.10.2005
when the applicant was appointed to the post of Office Clerk in the pay scale
of Rs.3050-4590/- with fixation of his pay at Rs.4350/- on grant of 17
advance increments. We are not satisfied with the explanation given by the
applicant for the delay of more than seven years in raising the issue of his
appointment and/or change of his designation from 'Office Clerk (grade
Rs.3050-4590/-)' to 'Senior Clerk (grade Rs.4500-7000/-)' by making a
representation, dated 23.3.2013, to the respondent-Railways, and for the
delay of more than eight years in filing the present Original Application on
14.1.2014.