PRADEEP KUMAR & ORS. vs UNION OF INDIA, THROUGH DIRECCTOR GENERAL- WORKS C.P.W.D. & ORS.

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$~8 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 19.11.2025 + W.P.(C) 8197/2023 & CM APPL. 5791/2024 PRADEEP KUMAR & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr.Yashvir Kumar, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA, THROUGH DIRECCTOR GENERAL- WORKS C.P.W.D. & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms.Archana Sharma, SPC CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MADHU JAIN NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL) 1. This petition has been filed, challenging the Order dated 19.04.2023 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as, the ‘Tribunal’) in C.P. No. 460/2019 in O.A. No. 3061/2013, titled Pradeep Kumar & Ors. v. Shri Prabhakar Singh & Ors., whereby the said Contempt Petition filed by the petitioners herein was closed. FACTS IN BRIEF 2. To appreciate the grievance of the petitioners, the facts in brief are required to be mentioned. 3. The petitioners claim that they were engaged by the Central Public Works Department (hereinafter referred to as, ‘CPWD’) on various dates between 1992 and 1993 for performing Electrical jobs for maintaining the offices of the respondents and that they continued Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 8197/2023 Page 1 of 17 By:REYMON VASHIST Signing Date:24.11.2025 18:17:36 to perform such duties up to the passing of the Impugned Order by the learned Tribunal and, even thereafter, till the filing of the present Writ Petition. 4. It is their case that they were discharging duties of a perennial nature and not of an intermittent or casual nature. 5. Despite having regularly worked with the respondents, their status of casual worker was not changed to a temporary status, and they were not considered for regularisation. Accordingly, they filed O.A. No.256/1998 before the learned Tri