NAVLENDRA KUMAR SINGH vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 07.02.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 27.02.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 27.02.2026 + W.P.(C) 10453/2025 and CM APPL. 43406/2025 NAVLENDRA KUMAR SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Amit Rawal, Sr. Adv. along with Ms. Rishika, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Premtosh K Mishra, CGSC along with Mr. Shrey Sharma and Mr. Anubhav Upadhyay, Advs. Mr. Sanjay Pal, GP. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT ANIL KSHETARPAL, J.: 1. Through the present Petition, the Petitioner assails the correctness of the judgment dated 08.07.2021 [hereinafter referred to as „Impugned Judgment‟] passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal [hereinafter referred to as „CAT‟], whereby O.A. No.322/2020 filed by the Petitioner was dismissed, while refusing to interfere with the order passed by the Disciplinary Authority ordering reduction of present time scale of pay to the lower time scale for a period of three years, which was to operate as a bar to his promotion during that period to the post for which he is reduced, with further Signature Not Verified Signed By:JAI NARAYAN Signing Date:27.02.2026 W.P.(C) 10453/2025 Page 1 of 12 16:35:53 direction that on the expiry of the said period, the future increments of his pay shall stand postponed and that he shall not regain his original seniority in the higher times scales of post on restoration of his original post, which in Appeal was affirmed by the Appellate Authority. 2. At the outset, it may be noted that the present Petition has been filed after a period of four years from the date of the Impugned Judgment of the CAT. The issue of delay, therefore, arises for consideration apart from the merits of the chal