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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment reserved on: 13.02.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 20.02.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 20.02.2026 + W.P.(C) 2061/2026, CM APPL. 10051/2026 & CM APPL.

10052/2026 JAGDISH PRASAD JAISWAL & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Anirban Bhattacharya, Mr.

Rajjev Chaudhary & Mr. Abhishek Kumar Jaiswal Advs.

versus UNION OF INDIA THROUGH & ORS. .....Respondents Through:

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN

J U D G M E N T

ANIL KSHETARPAL, J.:

1. The present Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been instituted assailing the Order dated 06.02.2019 [hereinafter referred to as ‘Impugned Order’] passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi [hereinafter referred to as ‘Tribunal’] in O.A. No. 1313/2016, whereby the Original Application preferred by the Petitioners, seeking retrospective regularization and seniority, came to be dismissed. The Petitioners also question the order dated 17.07.2023 passed in Review Application No. 98/2021 in the said Original Application, which was dismissed as withdrawn.

2. The Tribunal, by the Impugned Order, rejected the Original Appli