RAJEEV KUMAR vs HEMRAJ SINGH CHAUHAN .

The Supreme Court addressed the locus standi of Non-State Civil Service Officers to intervene in a High Court writ petition concerning a Central Administrative Tribunal judgment. The Court clarified that the ratio in L. Chandra Kumar v. Union of India (1997) 3 SCC 261 does not support their claim, emphasizing that the power of the High Court under Articles 226 and 227 is part of the Constitution's basic structure. The Court upheld the High Court's directive for cadre review, affirming that the appellants lacked standing as they were not parties in the original proceedings before the C.A.T.