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HIGH COURT OF DELHI
W.P.(C) 7576/2014 and CM APPL. 17868-17869/2014
GAJENDRA SINGH ..... Petitioner
Through: Mr. Atul Sharma, Advocate with Mr. Anand Srivastava and Mr. Kshitij Khera, Advocates
Through: Mr. Ramji Srinivasan, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Ankit Jain, Ms. Sara Sundaram and
Ms. Chitra Sharma, Advocates for R-2/GAIL.
Mr. Sanjeev Narula, CGSC with Mr. Ajay Kalra, Advocate for R-3/UOI.
Mr. Bhupender Chauhan, Advocate for R-4.
JUDGMENT
1. The petitioner has filed the present petition praying inter alia for issuing a writ of certiorari, for quashing the appointment of the respondent No.4 as the Director (Business Development) in the respondent No.2/GAIL and further, for directing the respondent No.1/PESB and the respondent No.2/GAIL to adopt the recommendations made by the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (initially impleaded as respondent No.5 in the memo of parties).
2. On the last date of hearing, the petitioner had sought time to amend the memo of parties by impleading Mr. Sanjib Datta as the 2014:DHC:6663 W.P.(C) 7576/2014 respondent No.4 and deleting the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes as the respondent No.5. The amended memo of parties has been filed.
3. In the course of arguments, it transpires that till date, the ACC has not acted on the recommendation received by it for making an appointment to the post of Director((Business Development), GAIL, which is a Group A Board Level post. It therefore appears that the present petition is premature.
4. After addressing arguments at some length, Mr. Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks leave to withdraw the present petition while reserving the right of the petitioner to approach the Court in future if he is aggrieved by the appointment made to the post of Director (Business Development) in the respondent No.2/GAIL, and take all the grounds that may be available to him at that stage, both on facts and in law, including those raised in the present petition.
5. Leave, as prayed for, is granted. The petition is dismissed as withdrawn alongwith the pending applications. HIMA KOHLI, J DECEMBER 03, 2014 rkb