DELHI HIGH COURT
RAJIV SHAKDHER, TALWANT SINGH
K.C. Aggarwal – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent
JUDGMENT
[Court hearing convened via video-conferencing on account of COVID-19]
Rajiv Shakdher, J. (Oral)--This writ petition is directed against a series of orders, passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal [in short "the Tribunal"].
2. The principal grievance of the petitioner concerns his purported "illegal downgrading and supersession". The petitioner had assailed this decision of the respondents by filing an original application before the Tribunal. This application was registered as O.A. No. 3526/2011.
2.1. The aforementioned O.A. was dismissed by the Tribunal on 30.09.2011. The petitioner, being dissatisfied, carried the matter further by way of a writ petition before this Court i.e., W.P.(C) No. 8380/2011. The writ petition was disposed of on 24.07.2012, whereby the Court, with the consent of counsel of the parties, remitted the matter to the Tribunal for a detailed hearing. It is because the matter had been remitted, that the Tribunal passed the order dated 28.02.2014, whereby the petitioner's O.A. was dismissed.
3. The petitioner claims that he was unaware of the order dated 28.02.2014 passed by the Tribunal, and therefore, was making representations to the Gover
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