Central Administrative Tribunal Principal Bench: New Delhi O.A. No. 2404/2022 Orders reserved on : 25.11.2025 Orders pronounced on : 12.12.2025 Hon’ble Mr. Manish Garg, Member (J)

Hon’ble Mr. Rajinder Kashyap, Member (A)

Rajender Prashad through Lrs.

1a. Mrs. Pushpa Kaushik W/o Rajender Prashad Kaushik, 1b. Mr. Manoj Kaushik S/o Mr. R.P. Kaushik, 1c. Mr. Ajay Kaushik S/o Mr. R.P. Kaushik, All are resident of Plot No. 108, Khasra No. 2.22, Third Floor, Gali No. 5, A-1 Block Extn. Police Colony Sant Nagar, Opps. Police Station Burari, North Delhi-110084.

…Applicant(s)

(By Advocate: Mr. Ajesh Luthra, Mr. D K Devesh, Ms. Juliet Salviya) Versus

1. Commissioner of Police, Delhi Police Hdqrs, (New Building)

Jai Singh Road, New Delhi-110001.

2. Dy. Commissioner of Police (Headquarters)

Delhi Police Hdqrs. (New Building) Jai Singh Road, New Delhi-110001.

….Respondents (By Advocate: Mr. R S Rana)

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ORDER

Hon’ble Mr. Manish Garg, Member (J):

The instant OA has been filed by the applicant under Section

19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 seeking the following reliefs: -

“(a) quash and set aside the decision of Respondents as reflected, indicated, mentioned and ordered in impugned orders dated 19.07.2021, 28.09.2021 and 05.08.2022 (Annexure A/1, A/2 and A/3) to the extent mentioned above; and (b) direct the Respondents to extend full benefit of judgment of Hon'ble Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No. 6283/2015 dated 04.03.2021 and accord seniority to the applicant initially to the rank of Astt. Sub-Inspector from the year of promotion as per order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court.

(c) direct the Respondents to revise the seniority and promotion of the applicant accordingly at all levels; and (d) issue revised pay fixation orders and revise all the retiral benefits accordingly; and (e) pay arrears arising thereto forthwith (f) award interest @ 18% p.a.

(g) pass any other order/direction which this Hon'ble Tribunal deems fit and proper in favour of the applicant and against the respondents in the facts and circumstances of the case.”

2.Highlighting the facts of the case, learned counsel for the applicant stated that by way of the present OA the applicant is seeking full implementation and extension of complete benefit of judgment dated 04.03.2021 passed by Hon’ble Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No. 6283/2015 in the matter of Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors. Vs. Ravinder Pal alongwith connected civil appeals determining the interpretation of Rule 19 (ii) of Delhi KSHITIJ D D i N g : it a C l = y I N si , g O ne = d C E by N T K R S A H L IT A IJ D S M A IN XE IS N T A RATIVE TRIBUNAL PRINCIPAL BENCH, OU=Court Master, PostalCode=110023, L= South West Delhi, S=Delhi, STREET=Sarojani Nagar South West Delhi, T=8812, Phone=

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3. Learned counsel for the applicant drew attention to the order dated 28.09.2021 passed by the respondents. Relevant portion of the same reads as under:

“Moreover, the comparative detail with the reference name i.e. Retd. Inspr. Khazan Singh, No. D/683 (28780802) given by you in your application is as under:-

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4. Learned counsel for the applicant relied upon the decision rendered by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in Civil Appeal No. 6283/2015 in the matter of Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors. Vs. Ravinder Pal. Relevant portion of the judgment reads as under:

“ We are persuaded to take this view as a reading of the Rule 19, sub- Rule (ii) makes it clear that for purposes of seniority, they would be placed at the bottom of the