VED PRAKASH GUPTA vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

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$~22 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 20.11.2025 + W.P.(C) 11261/2019 & CM APPL. 46392/2019, CM APPL. 46393/2019 VED PRAKASH GUPTA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Akshay Ringe, Ms. Megha Mukherjee, Mr. Suyash Darade and Mr. Ravi Sharma, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. T. P. Singh, Sr. Central Government Counsel for UOI. 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 06.02.2018 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Tribunal’) in O.A. No. 4208/2016, titled Ved Prakash Gupta v. Union of India through Secretary & Ors., thereby dismissing the said O.A. filed by the petitioner herein. 2. The petitioner further challenges the Order dated 30.08.2019, whereby the learned Tribunal has dismissed the Review Application filed by the petitioner herein, being RA No. 49/2018. 3. Briefly stated, it is the case of the petitioner that he was appointed as a Section Officer in the State of Punjab on 22.02.1969. He was Signature Not Verified Signed By:RENUKA W.P.(C) 11261/2019 Page 1 of 7 NEGI Signing Date:27.11.2025 20:06:46 thereafter appointed as a Junior Engineer in the Beas Construction Board (BCB) on 28.07.1971. 4. In the year 1984, the petitioner was declared surplus staff and was taken on the rolls of the Central (Surplus Staff) Cell under the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) with effect from 01.12.1984 for redeployment in other Government of India Departments in corresponding pay scales. He was later absorbed in the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) as a Junior Engineer (Elec.). 5. As the petitioner was not being granted the a