$~97 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 10847/2022, CM APPLs. 31533/2022 & 31534/2022 MS ANJU CHAWLA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Mithilesh Kumar Singh, Mr. Dharmendra Kishor and Mr. Ashutosh Tiwari, Advs.

versus GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mrs. Avnish Ahlawat, Standing Counsel, GNCTD with Mr. Nitesh Kumar Singh, Ms. Laavanya Kaushik, Ms. Aliza Alam and Mr. Mohnish Sehrawat, Advs. for R-1 to 3 CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SUDHIR KUMAR JAIN JUDGMENT(ORAL)

% 16.10.2024 C.HARI SHANKAR, J.

1. The petitioners were the respondents before the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi1 in OA

733/2021.

2. Respondents 5 to 132 in the present writ petition were employed in schools under the Directorate of Education, Government of

1 “the learned Tribunal”, hereinafter

2 hereinafter collectively “the respondents”

Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 10847/2024 Page 1 of 7 By:HARVINDER KAUR National Capital Territory of Delhi3. They had initially been appointed as Post Graduate Teachers in various subjects and had been successively promoted as Vice-Principal and thereafter as Principa