Union of India Thru. the Secy. Ministry of Home Affairs Govt. of India and 3 Others v. Ashok Kumar Saxena and 11 Others

Court No. - 1 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 3765 of 2022 Petitioner :- Union Of India Thru. The Secy. Ministry Of Home Affairs Govt. Of India And 3 Others Respondent :- Ashok Kumar Saxena And 11 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Deepanshu Dass Hon'ble Attau Rahman Masoodi,J. Hon'ble Om Prakash Shukla,J.

¶1Heard Shri S.B. Pandey, learned Senior Advocate and Deputy Solicitor General of India assisted by Shri Deepanshu Dass, learned counsel for the petitioners-Union of India and learned counsel for the respondent.

¶2By means of the instant writ petition, the petitioners has sought the following reliefs:- "I. To issue a writ, order and direction of certiorari quashing the impugned order dated 23.03.2022 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Lucknow Bench, Lucknow in Original Application no.550 of 2019-Ashok Kumar Saxena and others Versus Union of India and others (The copy of the impugned order dated 23.03.2022 is annexed as Annexure No.1 to the petition). II. To issue a writ, order and direction of mandamus commanding the Opposite Party not proceed in furtherance of the impugned order dated

23.03.2022 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Lucknow Bench, Lucknow in Original Application no.550 of 2019-Ashok Kumar Saxena and others Versus Union of India and others (The copy of the impugned order dated 23.03.2022 is annexed as Annexure No.1 to the petition)."

¶3Shri S.B. Pandey, learned Deputy Solicitor General of India, at the very outset, has pointed out that the above writ petition has been rendered infructuous in view of the judgment passed by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Director (Admn. and HR) KPTCL and others vs. C.P. Mundinamani and others : 2023 SCC OnLine SC 401.

¶4Learned counsel for the respondent does not dispute the legal position put forth.

¶5In these circumstance, the writ petition in view of the settled legal position is, accordingly, dismissed and the impugned order dated 23.03.2022 rendered by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Lucknow Bench, Lucknow is made absolute. (Om Prakash Shukla, J.) (Attau Rahman Masoodi, J.) Order Date :- 12.12.2023 Shubhankar High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench