National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (Nielit) & Ors. v. Raj Kumar Tripathi & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
NIELIT writ petition against CAT interim order (17.04.2026, OA 1225/2026) staying transfer of respondent from New Delhi to Aurangabad; High Court declines to rule on correctness; Tribunal requested to hold final hearing 18.05.2026 on priority; adjournments barred; orders in main OA same day or expeditiously; Tribunal to proceed uninfluenced by impugned order; parties' rights reserved; writ petition disposed of.
What did the court decide?
No adjudication on the merits of the impugned interim order; the writ petition was disposed of with a request to the Tribunal to take up OA 1225/2026 for final hearing on 18 May 2026 on priority, without adjournments, to pronounce orders in the main OA the same day or expeditiously, proceeding uninfluenced by the impugned order, with the parties' rights reserved. ¶7