ALAPAN BANDYOPADHYAY vs UNION OF INDIA AND ANR

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 17th October 2025 Date of Decision: 19th February, 2026 W.P.(C) 1028/2022 ALAPAN BANDYOPADHYAY .....Petitioner Through: Mr. A.K. Behera, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Kunal Vajani, Mr. Kunal Mimani, Mr. Kartikey Bhatt and Mr. Prashant Alai, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Vikramjeet Banerjee, ASG with Ms. Nidhi Raman, CGSC with Mr. Akash Mishra, Mr. Arnav Mittal, Mr. Suraj, Mr. Kartik Dey and Mr. Mayank Sansanwal, Advs. for UOI. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI SINGH JUDGEMENT JYOTI SINGH, J. REVIEW PET. 80/2022, CM APPLs. 19486/2022, 1219/2025, 54267/2025 & 54272/2025 1. This review petition is filed by the Petitioner seeking review and recall of judgment dated 07.03.2022. 2. To the extent necessary, the factual matrix is that Petitioner joined IAS in 1987 and was allocated the West Bengal Cadre. Petitioner superannuated on 31.05.2021, while working as Chief Secretary of the State of West Bengal. On 16.06.2021, a major penalty chargesheet was issued to 1958. Enquiry Officer was appointed to conduct the departmental enquiry and preliminary hearing was sched