CHATURBHUJ RATHORE vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~9 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 06.08.2025 + W.P.(C) 4981/2019 CHATURBHUJ RATHORE .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Asish Nischal, Mr. Arun Nischal and Mr. Shivam Kumar Singh, Advs versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. R. V. Sinha and Mr. A. S. Singh, Advs. for R-2 & R-3. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MADHU JAIN NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL) 1. This petition has been filed challenging the Order dated 08.01.2019 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi in O.A. 1504/2017, titled Chaturbhuj Rathore v. Union of India & Ors., dismissing the said O.A. filed by the petitioner herein. 2. To give a brief background of the facts in which the present petition arises, the petitioner was granted the first time bound Industrial Dearness Allowance (IDA) pay-scale upgradation from level E-2 to E-3 by an Office Order dated 24.12.2010 passed by the respondent no. 4. One of the conditions for such upgradation in the said Office Order was that the petitioner shall have to compulsorily undergo two weeks’ training within two years of the upgraded IDA pay scale’s Order being issued for being eligible for drawal of the Signature Not Verified Signed By:RAJ BALA W.P.(C) 4981/2019 Page 1 of 7 Signing Date:11.08.2025 19:15:18 increment in the upgraded IDA pay- scale. 3. The petitioner was thereafter granted the time bound IDA pay scale from level E-3 to E-4 by an Order of 09.11.2011 passed by the respondent no. 4. 4. The petitioner superannuated from service on 30.09.2014. 5. Thereafter, the respondent no. 4 issued a notice dated 05.03.2015, calling upon the petitioner to provide copies of the administrative orders/approval granting him the upgradation from E-2 to E-3 level, as also the