Rajat Dwivedi v. Union of India

Delhi High Court · 01 Dec 2025 · 2025:DHC:10785-DB
C. Hari Shankar; Om Prakash Shukla
W.P.(C) 18155/2025
2025:DHC:10785-DB
administrative petition_dismissed

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The Delhi High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging a Tribunal's adjournment order, holding that certiorari jurisdiction does not extend to supervising procedural adjournments or delays in constitution of Larger Benches.

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W.P.(C) 18155/2025
HIGH COURT OF DELHI
W.P.(C) 18155/2025 & CM APPL. 75112/2025
19553(P)(RETD.) GP CAPT. RAJAT DWIVEDI .....Petitioner
Through: Mr. Kushal Choudhary and Mr. Angad Ahluwalia, Advs.
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
Through: Mr. R. Venkat Prabhat, SPC
WITH
Mr. Ansh Kalra, Ms. Kamna Behrani, Mr. Neeraj Raj Paulose, Advs.
WITH
Mr. Manish Kumar Singh and Mr. Mritunjay (DAV Legal Cell, Airforce).
Ms. Pallavi Talwar, GP for R-3.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA O R D E R(ORAL)
01.12.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J.
JUDGMENT

1. This writ petition is directed against what is essentially an adjournment order. The order under challenge reads thus: ORDER 27.02.2025 MA 149/2025 List this application after the decision of Larger Bench.

2. Certiorari jurisdiction has its limitations. We are not expected, when exercising certiorari jurisdiction, to monitor the dealing of W.P.(C) 18155/2025 matters by the Tribunal.

3. The impugned order has merely adjourned the petitioner’s application after the decision of the larger Bench of the Tribunal.

4. The petitioner’s grievance appears to be that the larger Bench is not being constituted since long.

5. That, in our view, cannot be a basis for us to entertain this writ petition. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed as being completely misconceived.

6. This shall not, however, inhibit the petitioner from moving an appropriate application before the Tribunal for any reliefs that the petitioner may seek.

C. HARI SHANKAR, J.

OM PRAKASH SHUKLA, J. DECEMBER 1, 2025