Full Judgment
* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
+ W.P.(C) 6548/2026, CM APPLs. 32313/2026, 32314/2026, ATANU CHATTERJEE AND ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Sanjoy Ghose, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Waheb Hussaini, Mr. Aniruddha Das, Ms Dibsha Nanda, Mr. Mohit Garg and Mr. Rohan Mandal, Advs.
versus
UNION OF INIDA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Arun Kumar Tiwari, CGSC with Mr. Amit Acharya, GP with Mr. Binod Kumar Upadhyay, Ms. Km. Pratima Devi and Ms. Preeti Kumari, Advs. for UOI Ms. Himanshi Singh, SPC with Ms. Pinki Pawar, GP with Mr. Rohit Kumar and Ms. Monalisha Pradhan, Advs.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA
ORDER (ORAL)
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1. After some hearing, Mr. Sanjoy Ghose, learned Senior Counsel
appearing for the petitioners seeks leave to withdraw this writ petition with liberty to move the Central Administrative Tribunal1 by way of a substantive OA raising the grievances advanced in this writ petition, in view of the judgment of the Supreme Court in K. Ajit Babu v. 1 “the Tribunal”, hereinafter Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 6548/2026 Page 1 of 2 Union of India2.
2. Leave and liberty is granted as aforesaid, the writ petition is disposed of as withdrawn.
3. In the event that the OA is filed, we request the Tribunal to deal with the matter as expeditiously as possible and, if possible, to take a final call thereon within a period of six months from the date of filing of the OA.
OM PRAKASH SHUKLA, J.
MAY 22, 2026/aky 2 (1997) 6 SCC 473 Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 6548/2026 Page 2 of 2