Union of India Thru. Secy. Ministry of Communication Deptt. of Post New Delhi and Others v. Presiding Officer Central Administrative Tribunal Lko. and Another

Court No. - 1 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 9696 of 2023 Petitioner :- Union Of India Thru. Secy. Ministry Of Communication Deptt. Of Post New Delhi And Others Respondent :- Presiding Officer Central Administrative Tribunal Lko. And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Varun Pandey Hon'ble Attau Rahman Masoodi,J. Hon'ble Om Prakash Shukla,J.

(1) Heard Sri S.B.Panday, learned Deputy Solicitor General of India, assisted by Sri Varun Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioners.

(2) It is fairly pointed out by Sri S.B.Pandey, learned Deputy Solicitor General of India appearing for the petitioners that the subject matter of the present writ petition is squarely covered under the judgment rendered by a coordinate Bench of this Court in a bunch of writ petitions, leading writ petition being Writ-A No. 49864 of 2017, decided on 30.04.2018.

(3) Relying on the judgment dated 30.04.2018 passed in the aforesaid bunch of writ petitions, a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court at Allahabad has dismissed Writ-A No. 9235 of 2021 vide order dated 25.08.2021. Against this order, the Union of India has filed SLP (C) No.6549 of 2022, Union of India and others v. Vijay Kumar and another, before the Apex Court, which has been dismissed vide order dated 06.05.2022 affirming the order passed by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court.

(4) That being the position, we hereby dismiss the present writ petition in terms of the judgement rendered by a Coordinate Bench of this Court in a bunch of writ petitions, leading writ petition being Writ-A No. 49864 of 2027 and extend the benefits thereof in letter and spirit. The liberty left open to the department, if any, under the judgment dated 30.04.2018, shall be available to the Government at par. . [Om Prakash Shukla, J.] [Attau Rahman Masoodi, J.] Order Date :- 19.12.2023 Sanjay High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench