Union Public Service Commission v. Haimanti Bhattacharya & ANR.

$~19 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 6037/2024 and CM APPL. 25032/2024 UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION .....Petitioner Through:

Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Sr. Adv.

along with Mr.

Vardhman Kaushik and Mr. Anand Singh, Advs.

versus HAIMANTI BHATTACHARYA & ANR. .....Respondents Through:

Mr. A. K. Thakur, Mr. Rishi Raj, Mr. Sujeet Kumar and Mr.

Ningthem Oinam, Advs. for R1.

Mr. Ashish K. Dixit, CGSC along with Mr. Umar Hashmi and Ms. Iqra Sheikh, Advs. for R-2.

CORAM:

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

O R D E R

% 08.01.2026 1.

Through the present Petition, the Petitioner assails the correctness of the Impugned Order dated 12.02.2024 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi [hereinafter referred to as „Tribunal‟], passed in O.A. No.3242/2023. 2.

Learned counsel representing the Petitioner (Union Public Service Commission) submits that in view of the abolition of the post of the Joint Secretary (Cyber Laws), Department of Legal Affairs, under Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India, he may be permitted to withdraw the present Petition with liberty to revive the same, as and when, the O.A. filed by the Respondent No.1 challenging the abolition is at all allowed.

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3.

Learned counsel representing the Respondents does not dispute the factual assertion made by the learned counsel representing the Petitioner.

4.

Hence, in view of the aforesaid position, the present Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty as sought for by the learned counsel representing the Petitioner.

ANIL KSHETARPAL, J.

AMIT MAHAJAN, J.

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