# UNION OF INDIA & ORS. vs OM PAL AND ORS.

Court: Delhi High Court
Date: 2025-12-03
Citation: W.P.(C)-892/2021 2025:DHC:10805-DB
Petitioner: UNION OF INDIA & ORS.
Respondent: OM PAL AND ORS.

[Official PDF on Delhi High Court website](https://delhihighcourt.nic.in/app/showFileJudgment/NAC03122025CW8922021_194444.pdf)

## Judgment text (excerpt)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 03.12.2025 W.P.(C) 892/2021 & CM APPLs. 2373/2021, 2375/2021 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Ms.Radhika Biswajit Dubey, CGSC, Ms.Gurleen Kaur Waraich and Mr.Vivek Sharma, Advs. versus OM PAL AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr.A.K. Trivedi, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MADHU JAIN NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL) 1. This petition has been filed by the petitioners, challenging the Order dated 31.10.2019 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Tribunal’) in O.A. No.3471/2015, titled Om Pal & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors., whereby the learned Tribunal allowed the said O.A. filed by the respondents herein, with the following observations and directions: “5· As several Benches have, after elaborate reasoning allowed the similar cases, as stated above, in view of the same, the instant OA is allowed and impugned orders are set aside. The said posting of the applicants from the post of Checkers to LDCs shall not be treated as promotion, and consequently, the respondents are directed to consider the cases of the appl

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