UNION OF INDIA & ORS. vs MAJOR GENERAL DHIRAJ MOHAN

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$~97 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 2533/2025 & CM APPL. 11959/2025 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Amit Tiwari, CGSC with Mr. Abhigyan Siddhant, GP for UOI with Major Anish Muralidhar (Army) versus MAJOR GENERAL DHIRAJ MOHAN .....Respondent Through: Mr. Indra Sen Singh and Ms. Kaberi Sharma, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 28.04.2025 C.HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. The respondent was commissioned in the Indian Army on 11 June 1988. He was promoted as Colonel on 2 May 2005, as Brigadier on 18 March 2013 and was posted as Chief Engineer of the Delhi Zone and Incharge of the construction of a Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery1 project in the Army Research and Referral Hospital2, Delhi. He was thereafter promoted as Major General on 2 December 2019. 2. The work of the respondent as CE Delhi Zone and Incharge of construction of the CTVS project in the R & R Hospital was 1 “CTVS”, hereinafter 2 “R&R Hospital”, hereinafter Signature Not Verified W.P.(C) 2533/2025 Page 1 of 15 Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:03.05.2025 16:36:31 completed on 31 May 2014 and the project was closed on 15 November 2015. The CTVS project was inaugurated by the Defence Minister on 25 May 2015. 3. On 30 December 2019, the respondent was issued a show cause notice, in respect of an investigation conducted by a Technical Board of Officers3 with regard to certain perceived irregularities in the construction of the CTVS. The respondent filed an interim reply to the show cause notice on 20 January 2020 and the final reply on 14 August 2020. 4. In July to August 2020, it appears that an anonymous complaint was also received by the petitioners, containing allegations against the respondent with r