SC VOHRA vs CONTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL OF INDIA AND ORS

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on:18.11.2025 Pronounced on: 22.01.2026 + W.P.(C) 6562/2011 SC VOHRA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. A.K. Srivastava and Mr. Sanjay Verma, Advs. versus COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Dr. Surender Singh Hooda and Mr. Shaurya Pratap Singh, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MADHU JAIN JUDGMENT MADHU JAIN, J. 1. The present writ petition has been filed challenging the order dated 29.07.2008, passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Tribunal’), in O.A. No. 499/2008, titled Sh. S.C. Vohra v. the Controller And Auditor General of India, And Ors., whereby the learned Tribunal dismissed the O.A. filed by the petitioner herein. BRIEF FACTS: 2. The brief facts leading to the filing of the present petition are that the petitioner was initially appointed as an Upper Division Clerk in the office of the Accountant General, Jammu & Kashmir, Jammu on 11.07.1969. In September 1974, he was transferred on mutual transfer to the office of the Accountant General, Central Revenue, I.P. Signature Not Verified Signed By:RENUKA W.P.(C) 6562/2011 Page 1 of 16 NEGI Signing Date:23.01.2026 14:35:49 Estate, New Delhi, where he continued to serve till the date of his dismissal from service on 20.05.2005. 3. During the course of service, the cadre of Upper Division Clerk was redesignated as Auditor, and the petitioner was promoted as Senior Auditor in the year 1984. He was posted in Audit Management Group–IV (AMG-IV) of the office of the Director General of Audit, Central Revenues, and remained posted there from the year 1992 to 2002. 4. Allegations came to be levelled against the petitioner that during the