SAURABH RAGHAV vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS

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$~29 (14.04.2025) * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 15.04.2025 + W.P.(C) 13423/2019 SAURABH RAGHAV .....Petitioner Through: Mr. M. D. Jangra, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. T. P. Singh, Sr. Central Govt. Counsel for UOI. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RENU BHATNAGAR NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL) 1. The matter is taken up today as 14.04.2025 was declared as a holiday on account of the birth anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. 2. This petition has been filed by the petitioner, challenging the Order dated 25.03.2019 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as, ‘learned Tribunal’) in CP No. 662/2018 (hereinafter referred to as, ‘Contempt Petition’) filed in Original Application No. 3374/2014 (hereinafter referred to as, ‘OA’) titled Saurabh Raghav v. Sanjay Mitra and Ors., dismissing the said Contempt Petition filed by the petitioner herein. 3. As a brief background of facts giving rise to the present petition, the petitioner had filed OA No. 3374/2014 challenging the Signature Not Verified Signed By:VIJAYA W.P.(C) 13423/2019 Page 1 of 6 LAKSHMI DOBHAL Signing Date:23.04.2025 15:14:10 Order dated 19.03.2014 passed by the respondents, whereby the application of the petitioner for grant of compassionate appointment was rejected by the respondents on the ground that the same cannot be granted to a married son of the deceased employee. 4. The said OA was allowed by the learned Tribunal vide its Order dated 13.07.2016, with the following directions: “5. Accordingly, the impugned order dated 19.03.2014 is set aside and the respondents are directed to reconsider the case of the applicant on compassionate grounds ignoring his marital statu