Utsav Tomar v. Union of India and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court oral order dated 04.11.2025 transferring writ petition W.P.(C) 15236/2024 (CM APPL. 23938/2025) to the Central Administrative Tribunal; reliefs held amenable to Tribunal adjudication relying on L. Chandra Kumar v UOI, 1997 (3) SCC 261; avoidance of multiplicity of litigation; petitioner's counsel sought withdrawal with liberty to approach Tribunal; registry directed to transmit electronic record within a week; Tribunal to re-number petition as original application; parties to appear before Chairman-assigned Bench on 21 November 2025; bench of C. Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla, JJ.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition was transferred to the Central Administrative Tribunal; the registry was directed to transmit the electronic record of the petition to the Tribunal within a week; the Tribunal is to proceed on the record of the writ petition after re-numbering it as an original application; and the parties were directed to appear before the concerned Bench in the Central Administrative Tribunal, to be assigned by the Chairman, on 21 November 2025. (The petitioner's counsel had offered to withdraw the petition with liberty to move the Tribunal.)