Hyderabad (07.01.2026): Telangana High Court on Wednesday granted the interim suspension of the order passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Hyderabad Bench, dated December 29, 2025, which had quashed the appointment of Dr Jaiteerth R Joshi as Director General (DG) of BrahMos.
The Bench comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G M Mohiuddin granted four weeks’ time to the respondents to file their counters and two weeks thereafter for filing reply counters.
Union of India represented by Secretary, Ministry of Defence and Dr Jaiteerth R Joshi challenged the CAT’s decision.
Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta submitted that the applicant before the CAT, Dr Sivasubramaniam Nambi Naidu, had only 17 months of residual service, whereas Dr Joshi had a substantially longer service tenure of about six years, which was essential for BrahMos, a long-term strategic project.
The Division Bench suspended the operation of the CAT’s order dated December 29, 2025, and directed the respondents to file their counters within four weeks, with liberty to file reply counters within two weeks thereafter. The matter was directed to be listed after completion of pleadings.
