SHRI MANISH KUMAR & ANR. vs SHRI AJAY KUMAR SHARMA & ORS.

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$~63 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 4525/2026 and CM APPLs. 22028-22030/2026 SHRI MANISH KUMAR & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Santosh Kumar Tripathi, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Arun Panwar and Mr. Rishabh Srivastava Advocates versus SHRI AJAY KUMAR SHARMA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mrs. Avnish Ahlawat, SC GNCTD, Mr. Nitesh Kumar Singh, Ms. Aliza Alam, Mr Mohnish Sehrawat CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 07.04.2026 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. We are of the view that this writ petition is completely unnecessary and has needlessly burdened the docket of this Court. 2. The challenge in this writ petition is to order dated 11 December 2025 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal1 in OA 398/2022, whereby the Tribunal allowed the application of Respondents 1 and 2, as the applicants before the Tribunal, to amend the prayer clause in the OA. 1 “the Tribunal” hereinafter Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT W.P.(C) 4525/2026 Page 1 of 11 KUMAR Signing Date:09.04.2026 18:02:17 3. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioners, who were the private respondents before the Tribunal, have instituted the present writ petition. 4. The challenge in the OA, as well as in the amended OA, deals with fixation of seniority of Respondents 1 and 2 vis-à-vis the present petitioners. In the original OA, Respondents 1 and 2 had sought fixation of seniority “in the same manner as has been done in the case of Sh. Somvir Singh”. However, after the OA was filed with the said prayer, it appears that the official respondents passed an order on 14 January 2025 rejecting the case of Somvir Singh. In that view of the matter, Respondents 1 and 2 chose to amend the prayer clause in the petition, challenging the sen