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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 17.02.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 18.03.2026 + W.P.(C) 569/2019 DILIP VISHWANATH GONDNALE .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Suresh Chandra Saxena, Adv.

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Jagdish Chandra, CGSC along with Mr. Surjeet Kumar, Adv.

CORAM:

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

J U D G M E N T

AMIT MAHAJAN, J.

1. Through the present writ petition, the Petitioner has assailed the correctness of order dated 29.10.2018 (hereafter ‘impugned order’), passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal in OA No. 1984/2018. The Petitioner has also sought issuance of directions to the Respondents to promote the Petitioner to the post of Additional Director General of Ordnance Factory & Member of the Board with effect from 01.12.2017 will all consequential benefits.

2. The brief facts of the present case are as follows:

2.1. The Petitioner was an officer of Indian Ordnance Factory Service and he was working as Senior General Manager in the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG). The Petitioner’s case was considered along with that of some of his juniors and seniors for pr