PAWAN KUMAR vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

$~ * 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) 64/2017 PAWAN KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rakesh Kumar Singh, Mr. Ashok Anand, Mr. Deepak Kumar Singh and Mr. Bipin Bihari Singh, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Rohan Jaitley, CGSC with Mr. Varun Pratap Singh, Mr. Dev Pratap Shahi and Mr. Yogya Bhatia, Advs. for UOI. SI Prashant Malik for the State. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT ANIL KSHETARPAL, J.: 1. The Petitioner has filed the present Writ Petition assailing the order dated 31.05.2016 [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. 225/2013, whereby his Original Application came to be dismissed. 2. In order to appreciate the issues which arise for consideration in the present case, the relevant facts may briefly be noticed. 3. Pursuant to the Recruitment Notice of the Union Public Service Commission Civil Services Examination, 2009, the Petitioner participate