Union of India & Ors. v. Prasanta Mondal

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Delhi High Court; W.P.(C) 6279/2026; CM APPLs. 30880-881/2026; oral judgment 08.05.2026; Justice C. Hari Shankar (author) and Justice Om Prakash Shukla. Union of India & Ors. v. Prasanta Mondal; pay fixation. Impugned: Central Administrative Tribunal judgment dated 7 April 2025 in OA 758/2024, which allowed the OA by following the Hyderabad Bench decision in All India Association of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents Rep by Pitabasa Jena v. Post Telangana Circle (OA 506/2021, 22 July 2021) - restricted by the High Court of Andhra Pradesh to its own applicants - and the Principal Bench judgment in Ghanshyam Vashisht v. Pensions and Pensioners Welfare (OA No.2436/2022, 2 September 2022), treated as a binding precedent. Holdings: Tribunal must return a positive finding, with reasons, that its applicants are identically situated when relying on a precedent restricted by the High Court; Tribunal cannot treat a precedent as binding without findings of identical facts. Outcome: impugned judgment quashed and set aside with consent of counsel; OA remanded for fresh consideration; no merits findings; all aspects of fact and law open; parties to appear before Tribunal on 21 May 2026; no adjournments. Keywords: pay fixation; precedent application; identically situated applicants; binding precedent; quashed; set aside; remanded; Central Administrative Tribunal; writ petition disposed.