SANDEEP GUPTA vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 14.01.2025 Pronounced on: 29.01.2025 W.P.(C) 5366/2024 SANDEEP GUPTA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Tapas Das, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sahaj Garg, SPC for UOI with Mr. Shyam Singh Negi, HQ DGBR. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINDER KAUR JUDGMENT SHALINDER KAUR, J. 1. The petitioner, a Superintending Engineer (in short, “SE”) (Civil) in the Border Roads Organization (in short, “BRO”) has approached this Court to seek directions to the respondents to consider the petitioner as deemed to have voluntarily retired with effect from 17.04.2024 pursuant to his applications dated 30.12.2023 and 30.03.2024 under Rule 48 of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 (in short, “CCS Pension Rules”). Although, in the petition the petitioner has taken the ground of voluntary retirement under Rule 56(k) of the Fundamental Rules (in short, “FRs”). Additionally, the 2. We may set out the relevant facts as follows:- a) The petitioner was appointed in the General Reserve Engineer Force (in short, “GREF”) in BRO on 04.03.1995 as an Assistant Executive Engineer (in short,