The Union Of India vs Smt. Leelamma on 29 January, 2014
5. Therefore, some of them approached the Central Administrative Tribunals, Bangalore Bench and Chennai Bench and filed applications. The applications were allowed and the Department of Telecommunications filed an appeal before the Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No.10692 of 1995. The said appeal filed by the Union of India represented by the Ministry of Communications along with other appeals were dismissed by the Supreme Court by a common order dated 9.10.2002 (Union of India Vs. Leelamma Jacob & Others). It is relevant to note that after the filing of the appeal by the Union of India in the year 1995, but before the Supreme Court passed orders on 9.10.2002, the BSNL was already born on 1.10.2000.