SURESH YADAV vs G.N.C.T OF DELHI & ANR

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$~148 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 22.05.2025 + W.P.(C) 8863/2018 SURESH YADAV .....Petitioner Through: Mr. S. N. Sharma and Mr. Aman Mudgal, Advs. versus G.N.C.T OF DELHI & ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Nishant Gautam, CGSC with Mr. Prithvi and Mr. Vipul Verma, Advs. Insp. Ajay Kumar and SI Abdul Barkat. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RENU BHATNAGAR NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL) 1. This petition has been filed by the petitioner, challenging the Order dated 13.10.2017 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as, ‘Tribunal’) in O.A. No. 822/216, titled Suresh Kumar v. Govt. of Delhi and Anr., dismissing the O.A. filed by the petitioner herein. 2. The above O.A. had been filed by the petitioner challenging the Order dated 07.11.2013 passed by the Disciplinary Authority of the respondent, which had also been upheld by the Appellate Authority by the Order dated 07.08.2014, dismissing the petitioner from the service. The aforementioned Disciplinary Authority Order as well as the Signature Not Verified Signed By:VIJAYA W.P.(C) 8863/2018 Page 1 of 3 LAKSHMI DOBHAL Signing Date:26.05.2025 15:21:13 Appellate Authority Order are also in challenge before us. 3. In the Order dated 07.11.2013, the Disciplinary Authority had specifically stated that the punishment of removal from service imposed upon the petitioner, shall be ‘subject to final verdict in above said criminal case’. The criminal case referred to in the said Order had originated from FIR No. 274/1996 dated 19.07.1996 registered under Sections 420/468/471/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1960 (hereinafter referred to as, ‘IPC’) at Police Station Rohini. 4. The petitioner, by way of application, being CM