SHRI SURESH KUMAR vs MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 10.03.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 14.05.2026 + W.P.(C) 4054/2023 SHRI SURESH KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Pragnya & Ms. Jhanak Jadhav, Advs. with Petitioner in person versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Rakesh Mishra, SC for MCD CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT AMIT MAHAJAN, J. 1. The present writ petition is filed against the order dated 18.11.2022 (hereafter ‘impugned order’) passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal in C.P. No. 266/2021 in O.A. No. 2978/2019 whereby the learned Tribunal closed the contempt proceedings and discharged the contemnors. 2. Succinctly stated, the material facts germane to the adjudication of the present petition are as follows: 2.1. The Petitioner was appointed on the post of vaccinator with the Respondent in the year 1990. Subsequently, in the year 1999, the Signature Not Verified Signed By:HARMINDER KAUR W.P.(C) 4054/2023 Signing Date:14.05.2026 Page 1 of 11 14:44:45 Petitioner was posted as a Vaccination Inspector/Public Health Inspector. The Post of Chief Public Health Inspector, as claimed by the Petitioner, lay vacant from the year 2002. 2.2. The Petitioner, after climbing up the list of seniority, made a representation to the Respondent on 04.07.2007 to take necessary steps to fill up the three vacant posts of Chief Vaccinating Inspectors and to consider him for the said post. Thereafter, several representations were made by the Petitioner to the Respondent in this regard, and the last representation was made on 04.07.2019. By representation dated 04.07.2019, the Petitioner sought promotion to the vacant post of Chief Vaccinating Inspector/Chief Public Health Inspe