UNION OF INDIA & ORS. vs MUKTA SRIVASTAVA & ORS.

Judgment text excerpt

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 16 January 2025 Pronounced on: 17 March 2025 + W.P.(C) 3303/2021, CM APPLs. 10087/2021, 28433/2021 & 26569/2022 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. R.V. Sinha, Mr. A.S. Singh, Mr. Amit Sinha and Ms. Shriya Sharma, Advs. versus MUKTA SRIVASTAVA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Anil Singal, Adv. for R-1 to R-5 Mr. Akarsh Sharma, Adv. for R-9 & R-10 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL % JUDGMENT 17.03.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J 1. By this writ petition, the Union of India1 calls into question the correctness of order dated 20 February 2020 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal2 in OA 1645/20183, and order dated 17 November 2020 passed by the Tribunal in RA 55/2020, whereby the 1 “UOI” hereinafter 2 “the Tribunal” hereinafter 3 Mukta Srivastava & others v UOI & others Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR WP (C) 3303/2021 Page 1 of 15 Signing Date:17.03.2025 13:12:42 UOI sought review of the order dated 20 February 2020. The Tribunal has allowed the OA in part and has dismissed the RA. 2. We have heard Mr. R.V. Sinha for the UOI, Mr. Anil Singal for Respondents 1 to 5 and Mr. Akarsh Sharma for Respondents 9 and 10. Facts 3. We may note, at the outset, that the prayer in OA 1645/2018 appears to suffer from a typographical error, as it seeks quashing of the “final Seniority List dated 16 May 2014 and Memorandum dated 27 June 2016”, whereas no such Seniority List or Memorandum forms part of the record. The challenge is actually to a revised Seniority List dated 19 December 2017, issued by the Central Board of Excise & Customs4, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance for the grade of Chemical Examiner-II5 in the Central Revenues Control