POORAN SINGH NAGAR vs UNION OF INDIA AND ANR.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 23.03.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 15.04.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 15.04.2026 + W.P.(C) 11271/2025 POORAN SINGH NAGAR .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Nisha Priya Bhatia & Mr. Rakesh Kumar Yadav, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Abhishek Saket, SPCG and Mr. Vivek Naagar, GP with Mr. Manish Madhukar, Mr, Abhigyan, Ms. Reya Paul, Ms. Nidhi Singh, Ms. Amruta Padhi, Advs. for R-1/UOI. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT ANIL KSHETARPAL, J.: 1. The present Petition, preferred by the Petitioner, assails the correctness of the judgment dated 30.05.2025 [hereinafter referred to as the ‘Impugned Judgment’] passed by learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi [hereinafter referred to as the ‘Tribunal’] in O.A. No. 3397/2023 whereby the Original Application filed by the Petitioner came to be dismissed, declining his prayer for continuation in service, restraint against his Signature Not Verified Signed By:SAVITA PASRICHA Signing Date:15.04.2026 W.P.(C) 11271/2025 Page 1 of 14 16:34:52 replacement, and regularisation on the post of Librarian with Respondent No.2 Institute. 2. The principal issue which arises for consideration in the present Petition is whether the learned Tribunal committed any jurisdictional error or perversity in declining to interfere with the discontinuance of the Petitioner’s contractual engagement upon expiry of its tenure, and in rejecting his claim for continuation and regularisation in service. FACTUAL MATRIX: 3. In order to appreciate the controversy involved in the present Petition, the relevant facts, in brief, are required to be noticed. The Petitioner was engaged as a Librarian with