COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL OF INDIA & ORS. vs NIRBHAY KUMAR SANTOSH

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on : 17 December 2024 Pronounced on : 04 March, 2025 W.P.(C) 17210/2024 COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL OF INDIA & ORS. .... Petitioners Through: Dr. S.S. Hooda and Mr. Aayushman Aeron, Advocates versus NIRBHAY KUMAR SANTOSH ..... Respondent Through: Mr. Amit Anand, Advocate CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANOOP KUMAR MENDIRATTA JUDGMENT 04.03.2025 % C.HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. This is a rare case in which the respondent1 before the Central Administrative Tribunal2 has assailed an order, dated 18 October 2024, passed by the Hon’ble Chairman of the Tribunal under Section 1 the Comptroller & Auditor General of India; the “CAGI” hereinafter 2 “the Tribunal” hereinafter WP(C) 17210/2024 2. Given the nature of the controversy, no detailed allusion to facts is required. The impugned order, which is brief, may be reproduced in extenso: “Order of The Tribunal Heard learned counsel for the respective parties. This P.T. has been filed by the applicant with a prayer to retain the proceedings of the subject O.A. in the Principal Bench at New Delhi. In the subject O.A., the applicant has prayed for the following reli