JAGDISH PRASAD JAISWAL & ORS. vs UNION OF INDIA THROUGH & ORS.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment reserved on: 13.02.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 20.02.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 20.02.2026 + W.P.(C) 2061/2026, CM APPL. 10051/2026 & CM APPL. 10052/2026 JAGDISH PRASAD JAISWAL & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Anirban Bhattacharya, Mr. Rajjev Chaudhary & Mr. Abhishek Kumar Jaiswal Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA THROUGH & ORS. .....Respondents Through: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT ANIL KSHETARPAL, J.: 1. The present Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been instituted assailing the Order dated 06.02.2019 [hereinafter referred to as ‘Impugned Order’] passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi [hereinafter referred to as ‘Tribunal’] in O.A. No. 1313/2016, whereby the Original Application preferred by the Petitioners, seeking retrospective regularization and seniority, came to be dismissed. The Petitioners also question the order dated 17.07.2023 passed in Review Application No. 98/2021 in the said Original Application, which was dismissed as withdrawn. Signature Not Verified Signed By:SAVITA PASRICHA Signing Date:20.02.2026 W.P.(C) 2061/2026 Page 1 of 4 13:24:13 2. The Tribunal, by the Impugned Order, rejected the Original Application insofar as it related to seniority and retrospective regularisation on the ground that the claim was highly belated and barred by limitation. The Tribunal further recorded that the applicants stood regularised with effect from 30.01.2004 and that no surviving cause for grant of further relief was made out. 3. The present Writ Petition has been filed in the year 2026. The challenge to the Impugned Order dated 06.02.2019 is thus after a lapse of approximately seven years. Even