New Delhi, Dec. 28 -- The Delhi High Court, by a detailed order dated December 26, modified its earlier interim restraint and directed the Union government to proceed with Departmental Promotion Committees (DPCs) for a defined category of Central GST Inspectors, holding that promotions of officers whose seniority is undisputed cannot be stalled due to a limited inter-se dispute raised by juniors.

A Division Bench comprising Justice Vikas Mahajan and Justice Vinod Kumar clarified that the respondents would be at liberty to hold further DPCs for Inspectors placed above Serial No. 923 in the final seniority list dated July 3, 2025.

The Court observed that the core controversy in the writ petition relates only to promotions of officers juni...