RAJESH CHOUDHARY vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 16th March, 2026. Pronounced on: 29th April, 2026. Uploaded on: 29th April, 2026. W.P.(C) 14348/2023 RAJESH CHOUDHARY …Petitioner Through: Ms. Prity Sharma and Mr. Ashwini Kaushik, Advocate with Petitioner in person. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. ….Respondents Through: Mr. Balendu Shekhar, CGSC with Mr. Krishna Chaitanya, Mr. Rajkumar Maurya and Mr. Divyansh Singh Dev, Advocates for R-1. Mr. Prabhas Bajaj, Mr. Rishabh Yadav and Mr. Harsh Chauhan, Advocates for R-2, 3. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA JUDGMENT SANJEEV NARULA, J.: 1. This writ petition concerns the removal from service of an officer of the Central Warehousing Corporation.1 The controversy is not whether every lapse in service must invite judicial correction. It is whether, on the record of this case, a penalty as severe as removal could lawfully be founded on findings 1 “CWC” 2. The Petitioner was appointed in CWC as a trainee in the year 2014. On completion of training on 7th July, 2015, he was placed as Senior Assistant Manager (General). He served at different stations, including Jaipur, and was posted as Warehouse Manager at CW Hanumangarh-II from 13t