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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
ANIL KSHETARPAL, AMIT MAHAJAN
Rahul Singh Tolia – Appellant
Versus
Union Of India – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
ANIL KSHETARPAL, J.
1. These Petitions assail the correctness of the Judgment and Order dated 22.05.2025 [hereinafter referred to as ‘Impugned Judgment’] passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, Delhi [hereinafter referred to as ‘Tribunal’] in Original Applications which raised substantially similar challenges. Since, both the Petitions arise from the same lis and turn upon overlapping issues, they are being disposed of by way of this common judgment. However, for the sake of convenience, the W.P. (C) 18908/2025 is being treated as the lead case to extrapolate our decision in both the Petitions, while highlighting the distinct facts of W.P. (C) 121/2025, as and when relevant.
BRIEF BACKGROUND:
2. The dispute arose due to the wrongful cadre allocation of the Petitioners, as reflected in the Cadre Allocation List dated 05.04.2019 [hereinafter referred to as ‘List of 2019’], which is alleged to be wrongful and contrary to the applicable Cadre Allocation Policy dated 05.09.2017 [hereinafter referred to as ‘Policy of 2017’].
3. The Petitioner appeared in the Union Public Service Commission-Indian Forest Service (UPSC-IFS) Examination, 2017 and was selected f
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