UNION OF INDIA & ANR. vs MS SHILPI GUPTA

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 02.04.2025 Pronounced on: 12.06.2025 + W.P.(C) 15405/2024 & CM. APPL. 64598/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Syed Abdul Haseeb, Adv. versus MRS. SHILPI GUPTA .....Respondent Through: Ms. Rashmi Chopra, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Puneet Rathi, Adv. + W.P.(C) 15727/2024 & CM. APPLs. 66014-15/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Syed Abdul Haseeb, Adv. versus MS. ARTI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Rashmi Chopra, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Puneet Rathi, Adv. + W.P.(C) 15367/2024 & CM. APPLs. 64441-42/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Syed Abdul Haseeb, Adv. versus MS. NEHA .....Respondent Through: Ms. Rashmi Chopra, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Puneet Rathi, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RENU BHATNAGAR JUDGMENT Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 15405/2024 & connected matters Page 1 of 20 By:RENUKA NEGI Signing Date:12.06.2025 13:47:22 NAVIN CHAWLA, J. 1. These writ petitions have been filed by the petitioners, challenging the Order dated 26.04.2024 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the learned ‘Tribunal’) in O.A. No. 1987/2023, titled Mrs. Shilpi Gupta v. Union of India & Anr.; O.A. No. 2081/2023, titled Ms. Arti v. Union of India & Anr.; and, O.A. No. 2082/2023, titled Ms. Neha v. Union of India & Anr., whereby the learned Tribunal allowed the said O.A.s filed by the respondents herein, with the following directions: “35.Therefore, we allow the Original Application with following order(s) and directions: - (i) We hold and declare the engagement of the applicant as Stenographer Grade-D on ad- hoc/contract basis with intermittent break, as arbitrary and violativ