Pratik Srichandan v. Union Of India & ORS.

$~68 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 9337/2024 PRATIK SRICHANDAN .....Petitioner Through:

Ms.Rajdipa Behura, Mr.Philomon Kani, Ms.Neha Dobriyal, Ms.Simrat Kaur Sareen, Ms.Aishwarya Gupta & Ms.Nandini Sharma, Advs.

versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

.....Respondents Through:

Ms.Anubha Bhardwaj, CGSC with Mr.Vishal Sharma, Adv. & Ms.Archana, GP for R1, 3 & 4. Mr.Ravinder Agarwal, Adv. for R-2/UPSC

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE REKHA PALLI HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINDER KAUR

O R D E R

% 10.07.2024 CM APPL. 38289/2024

1. Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

2. The application stands disposed of.

W.P.(C) 9337/2024 & CM APPL. 38288/2024 (interim directions)

3. At the outset, it has been put to learned counsel for the petitioner as to how the present petition would be maintainable before this Court when the petitioner has an efficacious remedy before the Central Administrative Tribunal under the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner prays that taking into account the urgent relief sought by the petitioner, the present petition may itself be The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 03/07/2025 at 23:35:00

transferred to the Central Administrative Tribunal and be listed for consideration on 12.07.2024.

5. Learned counsel for the respondents, who appear on advance notice, submit that they have no objection to this limited request.

6. Accordingly, in the peculiar circumstances of the present case especially the nature of urgent relief sought by the petitioner, the present petition is, at the request of the petitioner, transferred to the learned Central Administrative Tribunal with a direction that the same be listed for consideration before the appropriate Bench of the learned Central Administrative Tribunal on 12.07.2024 itself.

7. Needless to state, this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the petitioner's claim.

8. The Registry is directed to remit the record of the present petition today itself to the learned Tribunal.

REKHA PALLI, J SHALINDER KAUR, J JULY 10, 2024 kk The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 03/07/2025 at 23:35:00