SHRI RAJESH KHANNA vs LT GOVERNOR OF DELHI & ANR.

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$~43 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 13.10.2025 + W.P.(C) 12644/2022 SHRI RAJESH KHANNA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rajeev Sharma, Adv. (through v/c) versus LT GOVERNOR OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Yeeshu Jain, ASC with Ms. Jyoti Tyagi, Mr. Bhuvan Raj Seth, Ms. Vishruti Pandey, Advs. for R1 Ms. Manisha Tyagi, SC with Mr. Puneet Kumar Duggal, Adv. 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 01.06.2022 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Tribunal’) in O.A. No. 2318/2019 titled, Sh. Rajesh Khanna v. Lt. Governor of Delhi and Anr., dismissing the O.A. filed by the petitioner herein as being devoid of any merit. 2. The petitioner had filed the above O.A. inter alia challenging the order dated 16.10.2018 passed by the Disciplinary Authority Signature Not Verified Signed By:RENUKA W.P.(C) 12644/2022 Page 1 of 3 NEGI Signing Date:15.10.2025 18:13:15 visiting the petitioner with the penalty of reduction in pay by five stages in the time scale of pay for a period of three years with cumulative effect. The appeal filed there against by the petitioner was rejected by the Appellate Authority vide order dated 24.07.2019, which order was also in challenge before the learned Tribunal. 3. The learned Tribunal, by its Impugned Order, has dismissed the O.A. filed by the petitioner, inter alia observing therein that as there is no specific prayer made by the petitioner in the O.A. challenging the report of the Inquiry Officer, the challenge to the same cannot be gone into. The learned Tribunal has further speciously also discussed the limited jurisdiction t