UNION OF INDIA AND ORS vs MS. CHETNA KANDPAL AND ORS

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$~47 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 25.02.2026 + W.P.(C) 2635/2026, CM APPL. 12793/2026 and CM APPL. 12794/2026 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Himanshu Pathak, Adv. versus MS. CHETANA KANDPAL AND ORS .....Respondents Through: None. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN J U D G M E N T (ORAL) ANIL KSHETARPAL, J.: 1. By way of the present Petition, the Petitioners assail the correctness of the order dated 24.12.2024 [hereinafter referred to as ‘Impugned Order’] passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi [hereinafter referred to as ‘Tribunal’] in O.A. No.3957/2024 titled Ms. Chetana Kandpal vs. Union of India & Ors. 2. By the Impugned Order, the Tribunal disposed of the aforesaid Original Application with a direction to the competent authority amongst the Petitioners to notify the new Recruitment Rules [‘RRs’] within a period of two months from the date of receipt of the certified copy of the order. The said direction pertained to the proposed RRs governing promotion to the Junior Time Scale [‘JTS’] in the Indian Signature Not Verified Signed By:JAI NARAYAN Signing Date:27.02.2026 W.P.(C) 2635/2026 Page 1 of 5 15:56:54 Corporate Law Service [‘ICLS’], Ministry of Corporate Affairs. The Tribunal further directed that in the event the new RRs are not notified within the stipulated period, the Petitioners shall proceed with the draft RRs finalized at the Ministry level while conducting future Departmental Promotion Committees [‘DPCs’]. 3. The Respondents herein, who were Applicants before the Tribunal, are Company Prosecutors serving in the ICLS, a Group ‘A’ service under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Under the ICLS RRs, 2015, promotion to JTS is