SURAJ PRAKASH SAGTA vs NORTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 17.09.2025 Pronounced on: 26.09.2025 + W.P.(C) 8229/2021 SURAJ PRAKASH SAGTA .....Petitioner Through: Mr.Shivanshu Bhardwaj (through VC) and Mr.Archit Mudgal, Advs. versus NORTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION .....Respondent Through: Mr. Tushar Sannu, SC, Mr.Parvin Bansal, Adv. for MCD with Mr.Devesh Kumar Jha, Section Officer, Mr. Sanjay Kumar, ASO, Mr. Arun Kumar, SSA. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MADHU JAIN JUDGMENT NAVIN CHAWLA, J. 1. This petition has been filed, challenging the Order dated 18.06.2021 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as, ‘Tribunal’) in O.A. No.1716/2020, titled Suraj Prakash Sagta v. North Delhi Municipal Corporation, dismissing the O.A. filed by the petitioner Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 8229/2021 Page 1 of 9 By:REYMON VASHIST Signing Date:26.09.2025 18:17:30 herein, wherein a challenge was made to the Order dated 31.10.2019 compulsorily retiring the petitioner from service, as also the Order dated 17.02.2020 rejecting his representation against the Order dated 31.10.2019. 2. The limited facts relevant for the purposes of the present petition are that, in the exercise of powers under FR 56(j) read with Rule 48 of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972, the respondent passed an Order dated 31.10.2019, compulsorily retiring the petitioner from service. A representation filed against the same was also rejected by the Order dated 17.02.2020, compelling the petitioner to file the above O.A. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the learned Tribunal has failed to appreciate that although a penalty was inflicted on the petitioner by an Order dated 21.02.2000, however, ther