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- Para 33. The writ petition, alongwith pending applications, is dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty as aforesaid. MARCH 27, 2025 Uk/kb/ PRATEEK JALAN, J This is a digitally signed order. W.P.(C) 3834/2025 The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by…
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Through: Mr. Mujahid Ahmad, Advocate. versus THE UNION OF INDIA AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Ashok Kashyap, SPC for UOI Chaudhary, with Mr. Arani Advocate for R-1. Ms. Chatterjee, Government Pleader for UOI with Mr. Akash Dubey. Mahamaya CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN %
O R D E R 27.03.2025
The grievance raised by the petitioner in this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution are admittedly amenable to the jurisdiction of the Central Administrative Tribunal [“CAT”] under the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985. The judgment of the Supreme Court in L. Chandra Kumar v. Union of India and Others, (1997) 3 SCC 261, interpreted inter alia in a Division Bench decision of this Court in Parikshit Grewal & Ors. vs. Union of India & Anr. [LPA 971/2024, decided on 27.09.2024], clearly holds that the writ Court ought not to adjudicate disputes at the first instance, if they fall within the jurisdiction of CAT.
After some hearing, Mr. Mujahid Ahmad, learned counsel for the This is a digitally signed order. W.P.(C) 3834/2025 The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 01/04/2025 at 14:39:45 petitioner, seeks permission to withdraw the present petition, with liberty to approach CAT.
The writ petition, alongwith pending applications, is dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty as aforesaid. MARCH 27, 2025 Uk/kb/ PRATEEK JALAN, J This is a digitally signed order. W.P.(C) 3834/2025 The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 01/04/2025 at 14:39:45
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