The Hyderabad bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has quashed the appointment of Jaiteerth R Joshi as Director General of BrahMos. The tribunal cited manifest arbitrariness in the decision, noting that the selection process ignored the service records of other shortlisted scientists. While the Standard Operating Procedure allows the Chairman DRDO to approve a candidate from a panel, the tribunal stated this authority cannot disregard the entire service history of other scientists. The decision was made on a plea by Sivasubramaniam Nambi Naidu, a Distinguished Scientist with DRDO.