S.K. SRIVASTAVA & ORS. vs UNION OF INDIA & ANR.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 31.01.2025 W.P.(C) 10352/2022, CM APPL. 29813/2022-Interim relief, CM APPL. 71176/2024-Early hearing by petitioner. S.K. SRIVASTAVA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. R. K. Kapoor and Ms. Shweta Kapoor, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Nitinjya Chaudhry, Sr. Panel Counsel and Mr. Rahul Mourya, Adv. for UOI with Mr. Punkaj Kr. Singh, Sec. Officer. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE REKHA PALLI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE REKHA PALLI, J (ORAL) 1. The present writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India seeks to assail the order dated 29.08.2019 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (‘learned Tribunal’) in O.A. No.3910/2014. Vide the impugned order, the learned Tribunal has dismissed the Original Application (‘O.A.’) filed by the petitioners wherein they had prayed that the benefits of Flexible Complementing Scheme (‘FCS’) granting them in situ promotion in their W.P.(C) 10352/2022 2. The petitioners, who all are Scientists, have been serving in the respondent no.1 organization on posts ranging from Scientist Grade ‘B’ to Sci