RAJBIR SINGH SIHMAR AND ORS vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

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$~13 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 30.01.2025 + W.P.(C) 8085/2022 RAJBIR SINGH SIHMAR AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Ankur Chhibber, Mr. Anshuman Mehrotra and Mr. Nikunj Arora, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Jitesh Vikram Srivastava, SPC with Mr. Dipanshu Sharma, Adv. with SI/GD Shiv Kr. Singh and ASI/GD Sanjiv Kr. Singh, C.R.P.F. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINDER KAUR NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL) 1. This petition has been filed by the petitioners, praying the following reliefs: “i. Issue a Writ of Certiorari for quashing of the orders dated 19.07.2021, 15.09.2021, 24.09.2021 and 18.01.2022 whereby the Respondents have rejected the request of the Petitioners for grant of Senior Time Scale on ground that they did not fulfill the 04 years‟ service criteria in the Junior Time Scale, therefore, they were not entitled to the said benefit; and ii. Issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the Respondents to grant the Senior Time Scale Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 8085/2022 Page 1 of 5 By:NEELAM Signing Date:31.01.2025 16:36:30 from the due dates to the petitioners on completion of 04 years of regular service in the junior time scale i.e. the grade of Assistant Commandant (Ministerial) in terms of the OM dated 04.04.2001 and 06.05.2002 by virtue of which the grant of Senior Time Scale is regulated and consequently issue fresh PPO orders in respect of the Petitioners, with all consequential benefits.” 2. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the issue raised in the present petition is no longer res integra and has been adjudicated upon by this Court vide its Judgment dated 19.12.2024 passed in W.P.(C) 6714/2023 titled Jai Singh Saharan & Ors. v. Unio