VIVEK vs UNION OF INDIA & ANR.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 1814/2024 VIVEK .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Aayush Agarwala and Mr. Aman Shekhar, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Nidhi Banga, SPC with Mr. Sandeep Choudhary, Adv. for R-1 Mr. Ravinder Agarwal, Mr. Manish Kumar Singh, Mr. Vasu Agarwal and Mr. Lekh Raj Singh, Advs. for R-2 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA ORDER (ORAL) % 07.11.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. In view of the judgment of the Supreme Court in L. Chandra Kumar v UOI1, the lis in this writ petition cannot be entertained by this Court as a court of first instance as it is amenable to the jurisdiction of Central Administrative Tribunal2 in terms of Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985. 2. However, as the case involves a person with disability, we deem it appropriate, instead of requiring the petitioner to reinstitute the proceeding before the Tribunal, to transfer the present writ petition to 1 (1997) 3 SCC 261 2 “Tribunal” hereinafter 3. For the said purpose, we direct the Registry of this Court to transmit the papers of this writ petition in electronic form to the Tribunal within a w