UNION OF INDIA & ORS. vs SH PURSHOTAM DASS SHARMA & ORS.

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$~82 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 4694/2026, CM APPL. 22971-73/2026 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Balendu Shekhar, CGSC with Mr. Krishna Chaitanya, Mr. Rajkumar Maurya and Mr. Divyansh Singh Dev, Advocates. versus SH PURSHOTAM DASS SHARMA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mrs. Avnish Ahlawat, SC with Mr. Uday Singh Ahlawat, Mrs. Tania Ahlawat and Mr. Nitesh Kumar Singh, Advocates. Mr. S.K. Gupta, Advocate. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 09.04.2026 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. This writ petition assails the order dated 23 July 2025 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal in three Original Applications. The respondents were the applicants in the said original applications. 2. The respondents who were working in the Postal Department under the Reserve Training Pool Scheme, were seeking that the period during which they worked under the said Scheme be treated as regular service for all service benefits. Signature Not Verified Signed By:ANUBHAV W.P.(C) 4694/2026 Page 1 of 5 TRIPATHI Signing Date:13.04.2026 19:31:25 3. The Tribunal has allowed the respondents’ claim. While doing so, the Tribunal has noted that similar claims by other similarly placed applicants had been allowed by the Tribunal in its earlier decisions in OA 823/20201 and OA 197/20202. Against these decisions, WP (C) 7301/2025 and WP (C) 7412/2025 had been preferred before this Court. This Court by judgment dated 27 May 2025, dismissed the writ petitions with the following order: “CM APPL. 32882/2025 (exemption) in W.P.(C) 7301/2025 CM APPL. 33236/2025 (exemption) in W.P.(C) 7412/2025 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. W.P.(C) 7301/2025 & CM APPL. 32881/2025 W.P.(C) 7412/2025 & CM APPL. 3323