Our services
1. Serving and retired personnel, veterans and eligible family members of the Army, Navy and Air Force.
2.Serving and retired personnel and eligible family members of Central Armed Police Forces / Central Para-Military organisations, including CRPF, CISF, BSF, ITBP, SSB, RPF, BRO, ICG, NSG, SSF, AR and other covered organisations, subject to the applicable service law and forum.
3. Aspirants affected by rejection of candidature, eligibility, appointment, admission, recruitment or medical/fitness decisions, subject to the governing recruitment rules and the jurisdiction of the competent forum.
4. Serving and retired employees of Central Government Departments and eligible GNCTD/autonomous/local bodies identified in the relevant service framework, including Railways, MoD, MHA, CPWD, CAG, Delhi Police, Postal, Education, Health, NDMC, MCD, DJB, DDA, DMRC, DTC, Civil Defence and others..
5. Employees of PSUs, government-owned/controlled banks, universities, colleges, schools, hospitals, autonomous bodies and government-aided institutions, where the applicable legal framework permits the proposed remedy.
6. Explains service-law concepts, administrative decisions, service rules and possible remedies in plain language.
1. Service matters are often time-sensitive. The date of the impugned order, date of communication/knowledge, date of departmental appeal/representation, date of final decision, date of cause of action and the forum-specific limitation rules can materially affect the remedy.
2. A representation does not automatically extend limitation in every situation. Individuals should obtain prompt, case-specific legal advice rather than relying on this pamphlet.
1. Misconduct and disciplinary proceedings: charge-sheet/SCN → inquiry → findings → penalty → departmental appeal/revision/review → judicial/tribunal remedy, as applicable.
2.Pension and retiral benefits: PPO/settlement → calculation/payment dispute → departmental grievance → appropriate judicial forum.
3. APAR/ACR: representation against adverse/critical entries and consequential promotion/service prejudice, subject to applicable rules and limitation.
4.Candidature/appointment: recruitment notification and applicable rules are central; relief cannot ordinarily contradict the notified eligibility conditions.
5. Medical-board disputes: first use the review/appeal mechanism prescribed by the recruitment/service rules wherever applicable.
6. Promotion and seniority: eligibility → DPC/selection → seniority list → representation/appeal → appropriate judicial remedy.
7. Pay and financial benefits: entitlement → departmental claim/representation → speaking order → tribunal/High Court remedy, as applicable.
8. Transfer/posting: challenge is fact- and rule-specific; courts ordinarily exercise restraint unless recognised grounds for judicial review are shown.
Formal legal drafting, filing and representation are outside the present scope of Adhikar Setu. An individual requiring a petition, OA, MA, writ, appeal, counter, rejoinder or court appearance should consult and engage an advocate independently.
1. PSUs: employment/service-conditi.on disputes involving organisations such as IOCL, BHEL, SAIL, Power Grid, MTNL and other covered public-sector bodies.
2. Government-owned/controlled banks: service disputes involving banks such as SBI, PNB, Bank of Baroda and other eligible institutions, subject to their governing statutes/rules and available remedies.
3. Universities and institutions: disputes involving DU, JNU, JMI, IGNOU, DTU, GGSIPU, IIT Delhi, NIFT and other universities/institutions, where public-law jurisdiction is attracted.
4. Promotion, seniority, disciplinary action, termination/removal, recruitment, selection and appointment disputes.
5. Pay, pension/retiral benefits and service-condition disputes where the relevant legal framework permits judicial review.
6.Arbitrary, discriminatory, mala fide, jurisdictionally defective or procedurally unfair administrative action.
7.Recruitment/candidature and admission-related issues where a public-law remedy is available.
What Adhikar Setu Says ?
• Explains service-law concepts, administrative decisions, service rules and possible remedies in plain language. • Helps identify the broad category of grievance and the forum that may ordinarily have jurisdiction. • Helps an individual understand what documents, orders, representations and records are ordinarily important before approaching a legal professional. • Creates awareness about limitation, alternative remedies, departmental representation/appeal, tribunal jurisdiction and judicial review.
Trustee/Coordinator:- Smt Pushpa Choudhary