GOVERNMENT OF NCT ORS & ORS. vs BABU LAL MEENA

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 3647/2023, CM APPL. 14140/2023 GOVERNMENT OF NCT ORS & ORS …..Petitioners Through: Mrs. Avnish Ahlawat, SC with Mr. Nitesh Kumar Singh, Ms. Laavanya Kaushik and Mr. Mohnish Sehrawat, Advs. versus BABU LAL MEENA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Jai Singh Mann, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 03.02.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. This writ petition is directed against order dated 18 January 2023 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal1 in MA 2460/2021 in an original application which was filed by the respondent against the petitioners before the Tribunal. 2. By the impugned order, the Tribunal has condoned the delay of 3250 days in filing the OA. 3. To our mind, this petition has to fail on a simple ground. 4. Ordinarily, no doubt, a delay of 3250 days is exorbitant, and could not easily have been condoned. However, in the present case, 5. Against the selection for Instructor (Math) in post code 44/07 in the Directorate of Training and Technical Education GNCTD, advertised vide Advertisement No.03/2007, Mr. Singh informs us, in response to our query, that two vacancies wer