UNION OF INDIA & ANR. vs SAMEER DANYADEV WANKHEDE

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 02.02.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 27.02.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 27.02.2026 + W.P.(C) 1053/2026, CM APPL. 5101/2026 & CM APPL. 5102/2026 UNION OF INDIA& ANR .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Ravi Prakash, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Amit Tiwari, CGSC, Ms. Astu Khandelwal, Ms. Ayushi Srivastava, Mr. Ayush Tanwar, Mr. Arpan Narwal and Mr. Kushagra Malik, Advs. versus SAMEER DANYADEV WANKHEDE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Nidesh Gupta and Mr. Saurabh Kirpal, Sr. Advs. with Mr. Jatin Parashar, Mr. T. Singhdev, Mr. Shadab Anwar, Mr. Rohit Bhagat, Mr. VritiGurjal, Mr. Samarth Luthra, Mr. Bikram Dwivedi, Mr. Jimut Baran Mohapatra, Mr. Gursimar Preet Singh, Ms. Aprajita and Ms. Yamini Singh, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT ANIL KSHETARPAL, J. 1. While invoking extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the Petitioners pray for Signature Not Verified Signed By:SAVITA PASRICHA Signing Date:27.02.2026 W.P.(C) 1053/2026 Page 1 of 25 17:48:13 issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari to quash and set aside the order passed by Central Administrative Tribunal [hereinafter referred to as ‘CAT/the Tribunal’] on 19.01.2026 in O.A. No. 3258 of 2025 while quashing the following Articles of Charges at the initial stage:- “Article of Charge 1 That Shri Sameer Wankhede, despite having been formally detached from the Narcotics Control Bureau on 02.01.2022 and hence with no mandate relating to investigation of Case No. 94/2021 (NCB), wilfully and deliberately sought sensitive and confidential information from Shri. Japan Babu, the then Departmental Legal Advisor (DLA) of NCB, on 02.06.2022, as evidenced by the telephonic transcrip