HC RAJESH KUMAR & ANR. vs THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE

$~56 & 57 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 14th May, 2026 W.P.(C) 9871/2023 & CM APPL. 37960/2023 HC RAJESH KUMAR & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Harpreet Singh, Ms. Suhani Mathur and Mr. Jatin Kumar Gaur, Advocates. versus THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Nishant Gautam CGSC with Ms. Kavya Shukla, Mr.Vineet Negi, Mr. Vibhav V. Nath, Advocates. W.P.(C) 12887/2023 & CM APPL. 50774/2023 COMMISSIONER OF POLICE .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Nishant Gautam CGSC with Ms. Kavya Shukla, Mr.Vineet Negi, Mr. Vibhav V. Nath, Advocates. versus HC RAJESH KUMAR AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Harpreet Singh, Ms. Suhani Mathur and Mr. Jatin Kumar Gaur, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN J U D G M E N T (ORAL) AMIT MAHAJAN, J. 1. By way of the present cross-petitions, both parties being aggrieved, challenge the Order dated 16.02.2023 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Tribunal’) in O.A. No. 1804/2017. 2. Briefly stated, HC Rajesh Kumar and HC Jag Parvesh, who are the Petitioners in W.P.(C) 9871/2023 (hereinaf