NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PANCHAYATI RAJ (NIRD AND PR) vs K. N. SATI AND ORS.

$~38 & 39 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 4144/2023 & CM APPL. 16019/2023 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PANCHAYATI RAJ (NIRD AND PR) .....Petitioner Through: Mr. S.K. Rungta, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Prashant Singh, Adv. versus K. N. SATI AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Ankur Chhibber, Adv. for Private Respondents. Ms. Pratima N. Lakra, CGSC with Mr. Chandar Prajapati, Adv. for UOI. W.P.(C) 4148/2023 & CM APPL. 16040/2023 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PANCHAYATI RAJ NIRD AND PR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. S.K. Rungta, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Prashant Singh, Adv. versus DEVENDER RAWAT AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Ankur Chhibber, Adv. for Private Respondent. Ms. Arunima Dwivedi, CGSC with Ms. Kritika Sharma and Ms. Pinky Pawar, Advs. for UOI. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 21.02.2025 1. Respondents 1 to 61 had initially joined the Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology2. The CAPART was later merged with the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj3. The NIRDPR is the petitioner before us in these writ petitions. 2. Consequent to t