Mukesh Godara & Ors. v. Union of India & Anr.

Delhi High Court · 01 Apr 2025 · 2025:DHC:3914-DB
C. Hari Shankar; Ajay Digpaul
W.P.(C) 6467/2025
2025:DHC:3914-DB
administrative petition_allowed

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The Delhi High Court directed the Standing Screening Committee to decide the petitioners' candidature application within eight weeks by passing a speaking and reasoned order, disposing of the writ petition accordingly.

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W.P.(C) 6467/2025
HIGH COURT OF DELHI
W.P.(C) 6467/2025 & CM APPL. 29435/2025
MUKESH GODARA & ORS. .....Petitioners
Through: Mr. Mandeep Baisala, Mr. Dhananjay Singh and Mr. Ashesh Kumar, Advs.
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents
Through: Mrs. Archana Sharma, SPC Mr. Vikash Kumar, DC CISF
WITH
Mr. Atul Sen SI CISF
Mr. Tarveen Singh Nanda, GP
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL
JUDGMENT
(ORAL)
15.05.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J.

1. By this petition, the petitioners seek a direction to the Standing Screening Committee of the respondent to take a decision regarding the petitioners’ candidature.

2. Learned Counsel for the petitioners relies on order dated 1 April 2025 passed by this Bench in WP(C) 4029/2025[1], in similar circumstances. Biswajit Ghosh v Union of India W.P.(C) 6467/2025

3. In the said case, we had directed the Standing Screening Committee to take a decision on the petitioners’ application within a period of eight weeks.

4. Mrs. Archana Sharma, learned SPC for the respondents, is agreeable to this writ petition being disposed of in similar terms.

5. Accordingly, we dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the respondents to treat the present writ petition as a representation and pass a speaking and reasoned order thereon within eight weeks from today. Ordinarily, no extension of time would be granted.

6. The decision as and when taken would be communicated forthwith to the petitioners.

7. Should the petitioners continue to remain aggrieved, their right in law shall remain reserved.

8. The writ petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms.

C. HARI SHANKAR, J.