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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 23.03.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 15.04.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 15.04.2026 + W.P.(C) 11271/2025 POORAN SINGH NAGAR .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Nisha Priya Bhatia & Mr.

Rakesh Kumar Yadav, Advs.

versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Abhishek Saket, SPCG and Mr. Vivek Naagar, GP with Mr. Manish Madhukar, Mr, Abhigyan, Ms. Reya Paul, Ms. Nidhi Singh, Ms. Amruta Padhi, Advs. for R-1/UOI.

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 Petition, preferred by the Petitioner, assails the correctness of the judgment dated 30.05.2025 [hereinafter referred to as the ‘Impugned Judgment’] passed by learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi [hereinafter referred to as the ‘Tribunal’] in O.A. No. 3397/2023 whereby the Original Application filed by the Petitioner came to be dismissed, declining his prayer for continuation in service, restraint against his replacement, and regularisation on the post of Librarian with Respondent No.2 Institute.

2. The principal issue which arises for consideration in the pre