2024 INSC 577 NON-REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL Nos. 8435 - 8436 OF 2024 (@ S. L. P. (CIVIL) Nos. 2733-2734 of 2024)
MOOL CHANDRA …APPELLANT
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA & ANR. …RESPONDENTS
J U D G M E N T
Aravind Kumar, J.
1. Heard.
2. Leave Granted.
3. Appellant has laid challenge in these appeals to the Order dated
14.09.2023 passed by the High Court of Delhi in WP (C) No.5350 of 2022
and CM Appls. 16008 of 2022 and 46942 of 2023 whereby the Writ
Petition and connected applications came to be dismissed and Review
Petition No.305 of 2023 filed against said Order also came to be rejected
on 03.11.2023 and consequently the Order dated 10.12.2020 passed by the
Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter
1
referred to as the “Tribunal” for brevity) came to be affirmed whereunder
the Tribunal dismissed the application for condonation of delay in
challenging the Order dated 22.11.2006 imposing the penalty of stoppage
of one increment with cumulative effect, on the ground of delay of 425
days in filing the OA and held penalty imposed on the appellant was
justified given the nature of charge.
4. It would be apt and appropriate to narrate the factual background
for appreciating the rival contentions raised in these appeals and the parties
are referred to hereinafter as per their...