$~67 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 7489/2017 UNION OF INDIA AND ANR .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Ripudaman Bhardwaj, CGSC with Mr. Kushagra Kumar, Mr. Abhinav Bhardwaj, Mr. Himanshu Kaushik and Mr. Deepak Kaushik, Advs.

versus M SETHU RAMANLINGAM .....Respondent Through: Mr. Padma Kumar S. Adv.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT (ORAL)

% 17.02.2025 AJAY DIGPAUL, J.

1. The present writ petition was filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by the Union of India, Ministry of Defence, Joint Secretary E/CAO, Ministry of Defence, ["the petitioner", hereinafter] challenging the order dated 20.12.2016 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal Principal Bench, New Delhi, ["the Tribunal", hereinafter] whereby the Tribunal had quashed the decisions of the Ministry of Defence, [“MoD” , hereinafter] and the Ministry of External Affairs denying the respondent, Mr. M. Sethu Ramalingam, the financial benefits accruing from his in-situ promotion to the position of Joint

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Director during his deputation to Mauritius. The Tribunal furt