VIKAS KUMAR vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

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$~69 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 19.11.2025 + W.P.(C) 17570/2025 & CM APPL. 72566/2025 VIKAS KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr.Ankur Chhibber and Mr.Amrit Koul, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr.Jagdish Chandra Solanki, CGSC with Mr.Sankalp Mishra, GP for UOI Mr.Harpreet Singh, Ms.Suhani Mathur, Mr.Jatin Kumar Gaur & Mr.Jai Ahuja, Advs. for R-4 to R-50 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MADHU JAIN NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL) 1. This petition has been filed by the petitioner, challenging the Order dated 09.09.2025 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, and New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as ‘Tribunal’ in O.A. No.127/2023, titled Chetan Prakash Bhatt & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors., allowing the O.A. filed by the respondent nos. 4 to 50 herein, holding therein that the final Seniority List dated 28.10.2022 in the Cadre of Tax Assistant, published by the respondent Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 17570/2025 Page 1 of 5 By:REYMON VASHIST Signing Date:22.11.2025 18:06:31 17:19:58 nos. 1 to 3, is not in conformity with the law settled by the Supreme Court in K. Meghachandra Singh v. Ningam Siro, (2020) 5 SCC 689. Consequently, the learned Tribunal set aside the aforesaid Seniority List and directed the respondent nos. 1 to 3 to recast a fresh Seniority List in terms of the Judgment of the Supreme Court in K. Meghachandra Singh (supra). 2. The brief facts giving rise to the present petition are that the Staff Selection Commission notified the Combined Graduate Level Examination for the year 2015 on 02.05.2015. On conclusion of the recruitment process, the petitioner was appointed to the post of Tax Assistant in the year 2017 with the Central