Amar Nath Gope v. Director General Coast Guard Headquarters

Delhi High Court · 17 Mar 2023 · 2023:DHC:1947-DB
Suresh Kumar Kait; Neena Bansal Krishna
W.P.(C) 3351/2023
2023:DHC:1947-DB
administrative other

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The Delhi High Court directed the Coast Guard to decide the petitioner's resignation application within eight weeks upon compliance with procedural formalities.

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NEUTRAL CITATION NUMBER: 2023:DHC:1947-DB
W.P.(C) 3351/2023
HIGH COURT OF DELHI
Date of Decision: 17th March, 2023
W.P.(C) 3351/2023 & CM APPLs. 12991/2023, 12992/2023
AMAR NATH GOPE ..... Petitioner
Through: Mr. R.N. Amarnath, Mr. A.
Maheshnath, Dr. Ram Sankar & Mr. K. Vaijayanthi, Advocates.
VERSUS
DIRECTOR GENERAL COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS..... Respondent
Through: Mr. Shoumendu Mukherji, Sr.
Panel Counsel with Mr. Vedansh Anand, Govt. Pleader, Ms. Akanksha Gupta & Ms. Megha Sharma, Advocates for
UOI.
Mr. Ratan Negi, DC.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURESH KUMAR KAIT
HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA
JUDGMENT
(oral)

1. Vide the present petition, the petitioner is seeking following reliefs: “a.) To direct the respondent no. 1 to consider the request of resignation recommended by the commanding officers on 24.06.2021, 10.08.2021, 07.12.2021, 26.1.2022, 26.09.2022 and 06.12.2022; b.) To direct the 1st Respondent to pass orders on the application for resignation submitted by the petitioner to the 4th Respondent on 28.11.2022.”

2. Learned counsel on behalf of the petitioner submits that for the NEUTRAL CITATION NUMBER: 2023:DHC:1947-DB W.P.(C) 3351/2023 aforesaid reliefs, the petitioner filed the Representation dated 28.11.2022 to the respondent No. 1/Director General, Coast Guard, however, the same has not yet been decided.

3. Learned counsel appearing on advance notice for the respondents submits that pursuant to the Communication dated 22.02.2023, the petitioner has been asked to complete some formalities, but no reply to the Communication dated 22.02.2023 has been made by the petitioner.

4. Accordingly, we hereby dispose of the present petition by directing the respondents that on receipt of the reply of the petitioner pursuant to the Communicated dated 22.02.2023, the Representation dated 28.11.2022 of the petitioner shall be decided within eight weeks.

5. The present petition along with pending applications is disposed of.

(SURESH KUMAR KAIT) JUDGE (NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA)

JUDGE MARCH 17, 2023 S.Sharma