1. Department of Health & Family Welfare through its Principal Secretary, Government of NCT of Delhi, AWing, 9th Level, Delhi Secretariat, I.P. Estate, New Delhi110002. 2. Government of NCT of Delhi through Chief Secretary, Delhi Secretariat, I.P. Estate, New Delhi. 3. Union of India through Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi110011.  Respondents ( By Shri Vijay Pandita, Advocate ) O R D E R Justice V. K. Bali, Chairman: There is minimal interference by Courts and Tribunals in the matter of suspension of a Government employee. From amongst the limited grounds, however, it is settled proposition of law that one ground to interfere in the matter of suspension would be where the order may not have been passed by the competent authority. This precisely is the primary plea of the applicant in the present Original Application filed by him under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, questioning the order of suspension dated 02.11.2011 passed by the Principal Secretary (H&FW), Government of NCT of Delhi, the first respondent herein, less than three months prior to the date when the applicant was to superannuate. The Original Application during its pendency has been amended twice. We will make mention of the amendments brought about in the Application during its pendency at the relevant time. 2. The facts as extracted from the amended OA, insofar as the same are relevant, would need a necessary mention at this stage. The applicant joined in Arunachal Pradesh as Medical Officer on ad hoc basis on 15.01.1976 and was regularized through UPSC in Central health Services General Duty Medical Officer (GDMO) Sub Cadre with effect from 30.10.1976. It is his positive case that the Union of India, the third respondent herein, is his appointing authority. The applicant has given by and large details of the places of his postings and the promotions he earned from time to time. There would be no need to refer to the service progression of the applicant from 1976. Suffice it may, however, to mention that the applicant was given the charge of Additional Director (HQ) in February, 2009 along with the charge of East Zone till 21.08.2009, when he was transferred to the Delhi Government and was posted as Director Health Services (DHS) on 26.08.2009 and assumed the charge on the same date. In 2010, he was entrusted with the job of medical coverage of the Commonwealth Games, 2010 and it is his case that he did the same just within one year and five days, which was termed as world class health care even by the Games Federation Chief Michael Fennel in his speech of the closing ceremony. It is pleaded that the applicant had to establish one super specialty hospital in the Games Village and 37 athletes medical room and unlimited number of first aid posts (FAP) and field of play (FOP) as per demand of the Organizing committee, and he established all these within time. It is further pleaded that considering the time limit, the applicant had done the best job done by any one in the history of the games; even media reports confirmed the same. It is then the case of the applicant that since he could not give much time to his family due to his involvement in the Commonwealth Games and his official work for one long year, he lost his elder daughter who died due to neurological disorder, and he still feels guilty that had he given more time to her, he could have saved her, and that he was shattered due to his daughters untimely death. On 10.03.2011, the applicant was once again shifted from DHS by the Delhi Government, though he was the seniormost officer in GDMO subcadre and was presently posted as Medical Superintendent, DDU Hospital, when the suspension order came to be passed just before his retirement. The applicant claims an excellent, efficient and impeccable service record. Till date, he claims, he did not receive a single warning from any of his superiors or the Government he served. It is pleaded that having rendered over 35 years of unblemished service with very good/outstanding record, he was legitimately expecting that he would be retiring peacefully on 31.01.2010. However, the first respondent, it is pleaded, illegally and mala fidely in contravention of rule 10 of the Central Civil Services (Classific