A specially constituted two-member Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) bench, consisting of CAT chairman L Narsimha Reddy and M Jamshed, today accepted Mohammad Mustafa’s plea against promotion and appointment of Dinkar Gupta as Punjab Director General of Police. Copy of the detailed orders is awaited.The court had reserved judgement in the case on January 8.1985-batch officer Mustafa and 1986-batch officer Siddhharth Chattopadhyaya had challenged the appointment of Gupta as DGP in CAT after both were ignored by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) panel for the appointment as the state's DGP, despite fulfilling criteria.Gupta, a 1987-batch officer was appointed DGP in 2018 after his name was empaneled by UPSC for the post. Gupta superseded five senior officers, including Mustafa and Chattopadhyaya.Mustafa said Gupta’s appointment was made on malafide grounds and he (Mustafa) was more eligible for the post as, according to Supreme Court criteria, he was senior, had a very good service record and more experience.Mustafa said UPSC was kept in the dark while it recommended officers for the top post because of vested interests.“UPSC came up with no plausible reasons why it didn’t recommend senior officers,” Mustafa had said.