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HIGH COURT OF DELHI
W.P.(C) 12911/2023
HARI RAM GUJAR & ORS. .....Petitioners
Through: Mr. Praveen Kumar, Advocate
Through: Mr. Farman Ali, CGSC
SATENDER ORAON & ANR. .....Petitioners
Through: Mr. Praveen Kumar, Advocate
Through: Mr. Himanshu Pathak, SPC
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA
ORDER (ORAL)
20.11.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J.
JUDGMENT
1. This is one of any number of cases which have been coming up before this Court in which we find that prayers for refixing seniority are made without impleading affected parties.
2. We fail to understand why despite the law having been settled by the Supreme Court in a number of authorities including State of W.P.(C) 12911/2023 & connected matter Rajasthan v Ucchab Lal Chhanwal[1], Vijay Kumar Kaul v Union of India[2], Indu Shekhar Singh v State of U.P.3, J.S. Yadav v State of U.P[4] and Padam Singh Jhina v Union of India[5], such petitions are being filed. We are not inclined to keep these petitions pending and allow impleadment at this stage.
3. Accordingly, these petitions are dismissed for non-impleadment of necessary parties. However, the petitioners would be at liberty to reinstitute the petitions, if so advised, after impleading the necessary parties.
C. HARI SHANKAR, J.
OM PRAKASH SHUKLA, J. NOVEMBER 20, 2025