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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + WRIT PETITON (CIVIL) No. 7324/2016 Date of decision: 24th January, 2017 CHANDER BHAN ..... Petitioner In person.

versus UNION OF INDIA ..... Respondent Through Mr. Abhay Prakash Sahay, CGSC, Mr. Arun Kumar Mishra & Mr. Arnav Kumar, Advocates. CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDER SHEKHAR SANJIV KHANNA, J. (ORAL):

The petitioner- Chander Bhan appears in person. The petitioner impugns the order dated 3rd June, 2016 passed by the Principal Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (Tribunal, for short), which allows the Review Application No. 256/2015 filed by the Union of India, Ministry of External Affairs, recalling the earlier order dated 22nd July, 2015 which had partly allowed OA No. 622/2014 filed by the petitioner.

2. The respondents before us have produced the original record of the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) proceedings relating to the year

2008-09.

3. In order to appreciate the controversy, we would first refer to the relevant facts. The petitioner, an officer of the Indian Foreign Services, was promoted to senior scale in the recruitment year 2009-2010. The petitioner had thereafter su