DALIP KUMAR vs REGISTRAR, DEBTS RECOVERY TRIBUNAL-III NEW DELHI AND ORS.

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$~3 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Decided on: 11.08.2025 + W.P.(C) 2052/2019 DALIP KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Bheem Sain Jain, Advocate. versus REGISTRAR, DEBTS RECOVERY TRIBUNAL-III, NEW DELHI AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Manish Mohan, CGSC with Mr. Jatin Teotia and Ms. Aishani Mohan, Advocates. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN PRATEEK JALAN, J. (ORAL) 1. The petitioner is an employee of the Debts Recovery Tribunal, New Delhi [“DRT”]. He is currently serving as the Court Master in the Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi [“DRAT”], but the present petition concerns his promotion from the post of Court Master, DRT-III, New Delhi to the post of Recovery Inspector, DRT-III, New Delhi. 2. The petitioner first joined government service as a Lower Division Clerk in the Staff Selection Board on 07.03.1996. He was deputed to the DRT in the same post with effect from 01.04.2003, and was absorbed in the DRT on 26.10.2005. He was subsequently promoted as Court Master, DRT (ad-hoc), and was regularised in the post of Court Master with effect from 01.03.2010. Signature Not Verified Signed By:UMANG W.P.(C) 2052/2019 Page 1 of 8 KHANNA Signing Date:12.08.2025 19:06:51 3. Pursuant to an advertisement issued in December 2015, the petitioner applied for ad-hoc promotion on deputation to the post of Recovery Inspector in DRT-III, New Delhi. He was admittedly short of the required eligibility of eight years’ service as Court Master and was therefore not considered. However, upon completion of eight years’ service as Court Master, he again requested the Presiding Officer, DRT- III, New Delhi, by a letter dated 28.02.2018, to expedite consideration of his application for promotion. The DRT took the decision that the eligibility condition requir