UNION OF INDIA vs NAVNEET RAJAN WASAN, IPS

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$~8 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 07.04.2025 + W.P.(C) 1139/2025 UNION OF INDIA .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Manisha Agarwal Narain, CGSC with Mr. Nipun Jain, Adv. versus NAVNEET RAJAN WASAN, IPS .....Respondent Through: Mr. Anuj Kumar Agarwal and Dr. Kavita Singh, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RENU BHATNAGAR NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL) CM APPL. 5603/2025(Exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. W.P.(C) 1139/2025 AND CM APPL. 5602/2025 & CM APPL. 5809/2025 2. This petition has been filed by the petitioner, challenging the Order dated 29.11.2018 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as, ‘Tribunal’) in Original Application No. 4035/2016 (hereinafter referred to as, ‘OA’) titled Navneet Rajan Wasan, IPS (Retd), v. Union of India, whereby the OA filed by the respondent was allowed by the learned Tribunal directing the petitioner to extend the benefit of the Apex Scale of Pay to the respondent, as was done in the cases of Sh. P. Mukherjee and Ms. Meeran C. Borwankar, with the attendant Signature Not Verified Signed By:VIJAYA W.P.(C) 1139/2025 Page 1 of 3 LAKSHMI DOBHAL Signing Date:16.04.2025 11:24:03 benefits. 3. It is pertinent to mention here that this petition has been filed with a delay of 1905 days. Therefore, this Court vide its order dated 17.02.2025, taking into account such a huge delay, directed the petitioner to file an additional affidavit explaining the reasons for such delay. 4. In confidence of the above order, the petitioners have now filed an affidavit dated 18.02.2025, wherein the only contention raised for explaining the aforesaid delay is as under: “3. It is respectfully submitted that the present case has worke