SATYA PAL SINGH vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 04.07.2025 Pronounced on:08.08.2025 + W.P.(C) 7892/2023 SATYA PAL SINGH ........Petitioner Through: Mr.Anil Nariya, Ms.Sumita Hazarika, Mr.Prakhar Gupta, Ms. B. Naaz Jain, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Ms.Jyotsana Vyas, Ms.Amisha P.Dash, Advs. for R-1 to 3. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RENU BHATNAGAR JUDGMENT RENU BHATNAGAR, J. 1. The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner, invoking the extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 read with Article 227 of the Constitution of India, assailing the Order dated 11.01.2023 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred as ‘Tribunal’) in the Original Application No. 3263/2016 (hereinafter referred to as, ‘OA’), titled Satya Pal Singh v. Union of India, through the Secretary, Ministry of Defence & Ors., whereby the learned Tribunal dismissed the OA filed by the petitioner, finding no Signature Not Verified W.P.(C) 7892/2023 Page 1 of 24 Signed By:PALLAVI VERMA Signing Date:11.08.2025 10:31:27 infirmity in the Orders dated 23.09.1997 and 28.08.2015 passed by the Disciplinary Authority and the Appellate Authority, respectively, vide which the petitioner had been awarded the punishment of compulsory retirement from service with effect from 30.09.1997. FACTS OF THE CASE 2. The relevant facts for adjudication of the present petition as emerging from the record are that the petitioner/Sh. Satya Pal Singh was initially appointed as a Clerk in the office of the Controller of Defence Accounts (Air Force), Dehradun (hereinafter referred to as, ‘CDA (AF) Dehradun’) and was subsequently promoted to the post of Auditor.