Govt of NCT Delhi and Ors. v. Rekha Rani
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court, decided 08.07.2026 — W.P.(C) 8498/2026, CM APPL. 39527/2026, CM APPL. 39528/2026; Government of NCT of Delhi & Ors. (petitioners; Gaurav Dhingra, learned Panel Counsel, and Shashank Singh, Advs.) v. Rekha Rani (respondent; no counsel recorded). Coram: C. Hari Shankar and Vinod Kumar, JJ. Brief oral order dismissing a writ petition against a Central Administrative Tribunal judgment dated 18.02.2025, solely because the Delhi High Court judgment relied on by the Tribunal — Govt. of NCT of Delhi v. Ruchi, WP(C) 1093/2025 — had been affirmed by the Supreme Court by order dated 14.05.2026 in SLP(C) 27365/2025. Keywords: writ petition dismissed; Central Administrative Tribunal; Supreme Court affirmance; imprimatur of the Supreme Court; Govt. of NCT of Delhi v. Ruchi. No statutes discussed; no amounts awarded.
What did the court decide?
As the law on which the Central Administrative Tribunal relied has received the imprimatur of the Supreme Court (its judgment in WP(C) 1093/2025 having been affirmed by order dated 14 May 2026 in SLP(C) 27365/2025), this Court declines to interfere in the writ petition.