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

$~ * 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 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 typogr