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2024 Supreme(Online)(CAT) 14114
CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL
Ranjit More, Chairman, Rajinder Kashyap, Member (A)
Bijender Singh – Appellant
Versus
Municipal Corporation of Delhi – Respondent
O.A. No. 1546/2024
Important Points
Applicants before administrative tribunal may seek and obtain leave to withdraw original application at any stage prior to merits adjudication, resulting in dismissal as withdrawn without costs.
Subject
Administrative Law - Tribunal Procedure
Headnote
(A) Administrative Tribunal Proceedings - Withdrawal of Application - Applicants entitled to seek leave to withdraw Original Application at any stage - Tribunal bound to grant leave as prayed unless cogent reasons exist to refuse - No adjudication on merits where application withdrawn before hearing.
Facts of the case:
Multiple applicants filed Original Application before Central Administrative Tribunal against civic body. Learned counsel for applicants, at outset, sought leave to withdraw the application.
Findings of Court:
Leave to withdraw granted; application dismissed as withdrawn with no order as to costs.
Issues: Whether leave to withdraw the Original Application should be granted.
Ratio Decidendi: Tribunal granted leave as prayed, leading to dismissal as withdrawn without costs, affirming applicants' right to withdraw proceedings.
Result: O.A. dismissed as withdrawn.
Facts of the case:
Multiple applicants filed Original Application before Central Administrative Tribunal against civic body. Learned counsel for applicants, at outset, sought leave to withdraw the application.
Findings of Court:
Leave to withdraw granted; application dismissed as withdrawn with no order as to costs.
Issues: Whether leave to withdraw the Original Application should be granted.
Ratio Decidendi: Tribunal granted leave as prayed, leading to dismissal as withdrawn without costs, affirming applicants' right to withdraw proceedings.
Result: O.A. dismissed as withdrawn.
Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. D.N. Singh, Mr. Aditya Nath Singh
For the Respondents: Mr G.S. Oberoi, Sr. Counsel, Mr. Ankur Sharma, Mr. J.S. Oberoi
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. D.N. Singh, Mr. Aditya Nath Singh
For the Respondents: Mr G.S. Oberoi, Sr. Counsel, Mr. Ankur Sharma, Mr. J.S. Oberoi
ORDER (ORAL)
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ranjit More, Chairman
Learned counsel for the applicants, at the outset, seeks leave to withdraw the instant O.A.
Leave, as prayed for, is granted. The O.A. is accordingly dismissed as withdrawn. No costs.
