JUDGMENT

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Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, J.

CM Nos.8594/2021, 8595/2021 (both for exemption) & 8596/2021 (for permission to file lengthy list of dates)

1. Allowed, subject to just exceptions and as per extant rules.

2. The applications are disposed of.

W.P.(C) No.2852/2021 & CM No.8597/2021 (for filing additional documents)

3. This petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, impugns the order dated 25th January, 2021 of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Principal Bench, New Delhi, of closing the contempt case being C.P. No.422/2016 filed by the petitioner, averring non-compliance by the respondents of the order dated 12th May, 2016 in OA No.3604/2015 filed by the petitioner.

4. We have heard the counsel for the petitioner.

5. OA No.3604/2015 was filed by the petitioner, an Officer of the Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax), of 1994 Batch, then working as Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, seeking promotion to the grade of Commissioner of Income Tax, with effect from 16th September, 2015, being the date when his immediate junior was promoted.

6. CAT, in the order dated 12th May, 2016, found/observed/held (i) that the petitioner fulfille