Union of India and Ors. v. Karuna Shankar Dubey and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Batch of 14 writ petitions (W.P.(C) 10476/2020 and connected matters) by Union of India against CAT Principal Bench orders disposing of respondents' Original Applications in terms of CAT Chandigarh Bench order in O.A. No. 1067/2017 (Tarsem Nath Kaushal & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.); retiral dues already released made subject to adjudication by Punjab & Haryana High Court; P&H HC dismissed challenge thereto (The Director General, All India Radio & Ors. v. Tarsem Nath Kaushal & Ors., 2025:PHHC:060491-DB); Delhi High Court found no reason to differ; petitions and pending applications dismissed; no order as to costs; Coram Navin Chawla and Madhu Jain, JJ.; decided 12.11.2025.
What did the court decide?
The Court found no reason to differ with the findings of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana dismissing the challenge to the CAT Chandigarh Bench order in Tarsem Nath Kaushal, rejecting the petitioners' attempt to distinguish that judgment, and consequently dismissed the petitions along with the pending applications.