SHRI SRIKANT PRASAD AND OTHERS vs MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI AND ORS.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 2877/2025, CM APPLs. 13719/2025, 13720/2025 & 13721/2025 SHRI SRIKANT PRASAD AND OTHERS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Mukesh Kr. Gupta, Mr. Abhishek Singh and Mr. Manish Kr. Sharma, Advs. versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Cauveri Birbal and Ms. Preksha Gaur, Advs. for MCD Mr. Ravinder Agarwal, Mr. Manish Kumar Singh and Mr. Vasu Agarwal, Advs. for R-3 Mr. Tarun Sharma, Ms. Meenu Sharma, Mr. Abid Ali and Mr. Manek Sharma, Advs. for R-4 to 8 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL ORDER (ORAL) % 06.03.2025 C.HARI SHANKAR, J. W.P.(C) 2877/2025 1. Mr. Mukesh Gupta, who appears on behalf of the petitioners, submits that they were not parties before the Central Administrative Tribunal1 in OA 3577/2023 but are affected by the judgment dated 14 January 2025 which came to be rendered in the said OA. 1 “Tribunal” hereinafter 2. He submits that his clients were required to be impleaded as parties before the Tribunal rendered the impugned decision. 3. In K Ajith Babu v UOI2, followed by State of West Bengal v Kamal Sengupta3, the Supreme Court has held that, in such ca