Yogeshwar Sharma & Ors. v. Union of India
Case brief
What is this about?
Maintainability of writ petition; Central Administrative Tribunal exclusive first-instance jurisdiction over service matters; Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985; L. Chandra Kumar v. Union of India (1997) 3 SCC 261 applied; service conditions of officers under CBI / Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; challenge to Revised Posting Policy of Group 'A' Officers 2017 (19.04.2017), office order 18.06.2024 and addendum 04.03.2025; CSD transfer, posting and placement powers; certiorari and mandamus reliefs; preliminary objection sustained; petition dismissed with liberty to agitate grievances before CAT; merits not commented; Delhi High Court; Sanjeev Narula, J.; 13.07.2026.
What did the court decide?
Petition dismissed at the threshold without entering into the merits, in view of the law laid down in L. Chandra Kumar; liberty reserved to the Petitioners to agitate their grievances before the Central Administrative Tribunal in accordance with law; the Court did not comment on the merits and all rights and contentions of the parties were left open.