HARENDRA AND ORS. vs INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND ORS.

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$~21 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 23.07.2025 + W.P.(C) 7684/2023 & CM APPL. 29737/2023, CM APPL. 164/2024 HARENDRA AND ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr.T. N. Singh and Mr.Vikas K. Singh, Advs. versus INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr.Dhruv Sheoran and Mr.Archit Upadhyay, Advs. Mr.V. Senthil Kumar, Mr.N. M. Thertha Gowda, Mr.N. T. Anees, Mr.K. Hariharan, Mr.R. Saranga and Ms.Bharathi, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RENU BHATNAGAR NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL) 1. This petition has been filed by the petitioners, challenging the Order dated 29.03.2023 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as, ‘Tribunal’) in O.A. No.1385/2016, titled Faiyaz & Ors. v. Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Krishi Bhawan & Ors., dismissing the O.A. filed by the petitioners herein. 2. By the above O.A., the petitioners had approached the learned Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 7684/2023 Page 1 of 8 By:REYMON VASHIST Signing Date:28.07.2025 19:59:39 Tribunal with the following prayers: “i. To allow this application of the applicants by way of quashing and setting aside Office Orders dated 02.03.2016 passed by the respondent No. 2, whereby representations of these applicants are disposed of without conferring them benefit as rendered in paras 22 and 23 by this Hon’ble Tribunal on 20.05.2014 in O.A. No.3003/2012 (Maman Singh & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Ors.) in favour of similarly situated casual labourers ; ii. To issue a direction to the respondents to grant temporary status to the applicants 1, 2 and 4 and 5 in the light of Casual Labourers (Grant of Temporary Status) Scheme, 1993 in terms of para 22 of sa