VINOD KUMAR vs GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR.

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$~31 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 11.12.2025 + W.P.(C) 1852/2020 VINOD KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr.Sunil Dalal, Sr. Adv. with Ms.Garima Sachdeva, Mr.Rajiv Singh, Mr.Ankit Rana, Ms.Shipra Bali & Mr.Bharat Malhotra, Advs. versus GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mrs.Avnish Ahlawat, SC for GNCTD (Services) with Mr.Nitesh Kumar Singh, Ms.Aliza Alam and Mr.Mohnish Sehrawat, Advs. 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 21.01.2020 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the „Tribunal‟) in O.A. 3302/2019, titled Vinod Kumar v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Anr., dismissing the O.A. filed by the petitioner herein. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 1852/2020 Page 1 of 11 By:REYMON VASHIST Signing Date:15.12.2025 13:31:15 2. The petitioner had filed the above O.A., inter alia, challenging therein the order dated 31.10.2019, by which he had been visited with compulsory retirement from service even before attaining the age of 50 years, and the subsequent order dated 04.11.2019, which was issued as a corrigendum stating that the compulsory retirement would take effect upon his attaining the age of 50 years. 3. During the pendency of the above O.A., the petitioner‟s representation against the said orders was also rejected by an order dated 09.08.2021. Submissions of the learned senior counsel for the petitioner: 4. The learned senior counsel for the petitioner submits that the learned Tribunal failed to appreciate that the entire basis for the Impugned Orders, compulsorily retiring the petitioner, was that the petitioner had been plac