GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI AND ORS vs SURESH KUMAR RAJPUT

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$~54 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 2997/2026, CM APPL. 14470/2026, CM APPL. 14471/2026, CM APPL. 21716/2026, CM APPL. 21717/2026, CM APPL. 21718/2026, CM APPL. 21719/2026 & CM APPL. 21720/2026 GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr Yeeshu Jain, ASC, Ms Jyoti Tyagi, Mr Sachin Garg and Ms Vishruti Pandey, Advs. versus SURESH KUMAR RAJPUT .....Respondent Through: Mr. Harish Kumar Karwal and Mr. Dhurendra Singh, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA ORDER (ORAL) % 06.04.2026 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. W.P.(C) 2997/2026 & CM APPL. 21716/2026 1. This writ petition is directed against order dated 11 November 2025 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal in OA 2183/2024 and OA 804/2025. However, the challenge is essentially to the order passed in OA 2183/2024. 2. OA 2183/2024 was directed against the action of the petitioners in discontinuing payment of certain allowances which were being paid to the respondent consequent to the decision of the Principal Secretary W.P.(C) 2997/2026 Signature Not Verified Page 1 of 3 Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:09.04.2026 10:41:01 of the petitioners taken on 4 April 2022. 3. Consequent thereon, the petitioners also proceeded to effect recoveries from the respondent. 4. The Tribunal has held that recoveries could not be made and, insofar as the decision to revisit the respondent’s entitlements are concerned, the petitioners have been given an opportunity to issue a notice to the respondent, afford him a chance to respond thereto and thereafter reconsider the decision. 5. So far as the aspect of recovery is concerned, the respondent is clearly not at fault in the payments which were made to him which were taken in accordance with the decision of