JAI PRAKASH vs UNION OF INDIA AND ANR.

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 26.02.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 16.03.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 16.03.2026 W.P.(C) 7541/2019 JAI PRAKASH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Apurb Lal and Mr. Sunil Kumar, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Jitesh Vikram Singh, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT ANIL KSHETARPAL, J.: 1. Through the present Petition, the Petitioner calls upon this court to exercise extra ordinary writ jurisdiction to quash the Order dated 09.07.2018 [hereinafter referred to as the „Impugned Order‟] passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal [hereinafter referred to as „the Tribunal‟] in O.A. No.1884/2018, whereby the Original Application („OA‟) preferred by the Petitioner came to be dismissed on the ground of unsatisfactory explanation of delay. 2. By way of the said OA, the Petitioner had challenged the Order dated 28.07.2014 [hereinafter referred to as „Dismissal Order‟] passed by Respondent No.2, Lt. General, GOC, Delhi Area [hereinafter referred to as „Disciplinary Authority‟], dismissing him from service 3. Thus, the limited question wh