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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 26.02.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 20.03.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 20.03.2026 + W.P.(C) 1144/2026 and CM APPL. 5589/2026 ITGOA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Nitesh Kumar Singh, Mr.

Mangesh Nayak & Mr.

Devender Singh, Advs.

versus UNION OF INDIA & 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. Through the present Writ Petition the Petitioners assail the order dated 28.08.2025 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi in Original Application No. 1705/2022 [hereinafter the „Impugned Order‟], whereby the Petitioners‟ claim for pay parity between Private Secretaries and Senior Private Secretaries serving in the Income Tax Department under the Central Board of Direct Taxes, Ministry of Finance and their counterparts in the Central Secretariat Stenographers‟ Service [hereinafter referred to as „CSSS‟]

came to be dismissed.

2. The Petitioners‟ case advanced on behalf of Private Secretaries and Senior Private Secretaries serving in the Income Tax Department is that the cadre represented by them