SURYA PAL SINGH & ORS. vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 28.01.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 25.02.2026 + W.P.(C) 5665/2022 SURYA PAL SINGH & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Alok Shanker Pandey with Mr. Avi Pandey, Ms. Jagriti Pandey, Advocates with Petitioners – S.P. Singh and Dinesh Chandra. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Mukul Singh, CGSC with Ms. Ira Singh, Mr. Aryan Dhaka & Ms. Nandini Aggarwal, Advocates for R-1, 2, 3, 4, 13. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT AMIT MAHAJAN, J. 1. The present writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, assailing the order dated 14.07.2021 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter ‘CAT’), whereby the O.A. No. 2501 of 2019, preferred by the Petitioners/Officers seeking benefit of financial upgradation under the Modified Assured Career Progression (‘MACP’) Scheme with effect from 01.01.2006, came to be dismissed. Signature Not Verified Signed By:HARMINDER KAUR W.P.(C) 5665/2022 Signing Date:25.02.2026 Page 1 of 17 17:07:39 2. The quintessential facets governing the present dispute are that the Petitioners are former officers of the Intelligence Bureau (‘IB’), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. They retired as Gorup ‘A’ Officers between January 2006 and September 2008. 3. The Petitioners were governed, during their service tenure, by the Assured Career Progression (‘ACP’) Scheme introduced in the year 1999, which provided for two financial upgradations on completion of 12 and 24 years of regular service in the absence of promotion. 4. It is the case of the Petitioners that pursuant to the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission vide report