GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR vs PURNIMA GUPTA

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$~118 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 07.04.2025 + W.P.(C) 4412/2025 GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Petitioners Through: Mrs. Avnish Ahlawat, Standing Counsel, GNCTD Services with Mr. Nitish Kumar Singh, Ms. Laavanya Kaushik, Ms. Aliza Alam & Mr. Mohnish Sehrawat, Advs. versus PURNIMA GUPTA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Viraj R. Datar, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Nitish Chaudhar, Mr. Shrikant Singh & Mr. Vaibhav Kaul, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RENU BHATNAGAR NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (Oral) CM APPL. 20316/2025 (Exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. W.P.(C) 4412/2025 & CM APPL. 20315/2025 (Stay) 2. This petition has been filed by the petitioner, challenging the Order dated 04.10.2024 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as, ‘Tribunal’) in O.A. No. 2168/2024, titled Purnima Gupta v. Directorate of Prosecution and Ors., allowing the said OA filed by the respondent herein with the following direction: “13. In view of the observations recorded Signature Not Verified Signed By:VIJAYA WP(C) 4412/2025 Page 1 of 12 LAKSHMI DOBHAL Signing Date:17.04.2025 14:39:21 hereinabove, the OA is allowed. It is directed that the period of ad hoc service rendered by the applicant on the post of Chief Prosecutor would be reckoned from 31.05.2017, i.e. the date when the vacancies on that post arose, for counting eligibility towards the post of Director (Prosecution).” 3. As a brief background in which the present petition arises, the respondent was promoted to the post of Chief Prosecutor, on an ad hoc basis, vide Order dated 20.03.2017, on the recommendations made in the meeting of the Departmental Promotion Committee (‘DPC’) held on 11.01.2017. 4. The UPSC