Ajit Kumar & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.

Delhi High Court · 17 Jan 2025 · 2025:DHC:239-DB
Navin Chawla; Shalinder Kaur
W.P.(C) 1826/2022
2025:DHC:239-DB
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The Delhi High Court dismissed the review petition challenging the order directing respondents to treat the writ petition as a representation and extend relief, relying on coordinate bench and Supreme Court precedents.

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W.P.(C) 1826/2022
HIGH COURT OF DELHI
Date of Decision: 17.01.2025
W.P.(C) 1826/2022
AJIT KUMAR & ORS. .....Petitioners
Through: Mr Bhanu Gupta, Adv. and Mr. Utkarsh Kandpal, Advs.
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
Through: Mr. Vikrant N. Goyal, Ms. Shivani Yadav, Ms. Nishu Dagar and Mr. Aditya Shukla, Advs.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA
HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINDER KAUR NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL)
REVIEW PET. 27/2023, CM APPL. 3765/2023
JUDGMENT

1. This review petition has been filed seeking a review of Order dated 31.01.2022 passed by this Court whereby the respondents were directed to treat the writ petition as a representation of the petitioners and to extend to them the same relief as granted to SI/GD Vinod Kumar by this Court vide its Judgment dated 04.02.2019, passed in W.P.(C) No. 7577/2016 titled SI GD Vinod Kumar v. Union of India & Ors.

2. The learned counsel for the review petitioners submits that the W.P.(C) 1826/2022 petitioners in the main petition were not entitled to the same relief.

3. On the other hand, the learned counsel for the respondents in the review petition, that is, petitioners in the main petition, places reliance on the Order dated 26.02.2020 passed by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Review Petition no. 81/2020 in W.P.(C) NO. 9094/2019 titled Mahendra Singh & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors., to submit that a similar review petition has been dismissed by this Court, and the order was upheld by the Supreme Court while dismissing the Special Leave Petition (Civil) No. 1692-1693/2021 titled Union of India & Ors. v. Mahendra Singh & Ors., vide its Order dated 03.09.2021.

4. In view of the submissions made by the learned counsel for the respondents in the review petition, we do not find any merit in the present review petition. The same along with pending application is, accordingly, dismissed.

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