SHRI BHAGWAT SWAROOP GUPTA vs DELHI JAL BOARD AND ANR.

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$~8 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 02.12.2025 + W.P.(C) 2931/2019 & CM APPL. 13620/2019, CM APPL. 49499/2023, O.A.(APPLT) 2/2023 SHRI BHAGWAT SWAROOP GUPTA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Arun Panwar, Adv. versus DELHI JAL BOARD AND ANR. .....Respondents Through: None 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 11.02.2019 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Tribunal’) in M.A. No. /100/5201/2018 in O.A. No. /100/4182/2018, titled Bhagwat Swaroop v. Delhi Jal Board, Govt. of NCTD, whereby the learned Tribunal declined to grant the interim relief to the petitioner in the O.A. pending before it, while observing as under: “MA No. 5201/2018 has been filed for an ex parte ad interim stay of the order No.205 dated 08.08.2018. The Tribunal did not consider it necessary to pass an ex parte ad interim stay earlier and now at the final stage when OA has only to be heard on merits, there is no ground for interim relief and the MA is accordingly dismissed.” Signature Not Verified Signed By:RENUKA W.P.(C) 2931/2019 Page 1 of 3 NEGI Signing Date:05.12.2025 18:53:23 2. This Court, by its Order dated 26.03.2019, taking note of the submissions made by the petitioner, had stayed the operation of the penalty imposed upon the petitioner, while also clarifying that the proceedings before the learned Tribunal shall continue without being influenced by the Interim Order passed by this Court. We quote the Order as under: “The petitioner is aggrieved by the fact that the Tribunal has not granted interim protection to the petitioner against the imposition of the penalty directing cut i