Lakshya Sharma v. Union of India & Anr.

Delhi High Court · 10 Sep 2025 · 2025:DHC:7915-DB
C. Hari Shankar; Om Prakash Shukla
W.P.(C) 13916/2025
2025:DHC:7915-DB
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The Delhi High Court directed the respondents to decide the petitioner’s pending representation against transfer on compassionate grounds within four weeks and stayed any adverse decision for one week to enable legal remedies.

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W.P.(C) 13916/2025
HIGH COURT OF DELHI
W.P.(C) 13916/2025, CM APPL. 56974/2025 & CM APPL.
56975/2025 LAKSHYA SHARMA .....Petitioner
Through: Ms. Anjali Chauhan, Mr. Rishabh Mishra, Mr. Ankur Gupta, Ms. KM Madhu, Ms. Manishita Bhattacharjee, Mr. Mridul Dhingra and Ms. Sapna Rai, Advs.
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents
Through: Mr. Siddhartha Shankar Ray, Central Govt. Standing Counsel
WITH
Mr. Shubham Sharma, Advocate
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA
ORDER (ORAL)
10.09.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J.
JUDGMENT

1. The petitioner challenges his transfer to Kolkata on the ground that his wife is suffering from brain tumour.

2. The representation filed by the petitioner on 3 September 2025 is still pending decision.

3. In the circumstances, we dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the respondents to treat the present writ petition as a representation and take a decision thereon within a period of four W.P.(C) 13916/2025 weeks from today.

4. The decision as and when taken would be communicated forthwith to the petitioner. In order to enable the petitioner to avail legal remedies in case the decision is adverse to the petitioner, the operation of the decision, if adverse, shall remain stayed for a period of one week from the date it is taken.

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

6. Dasti under signature of the Court Master.

C. HARI SHANKAR, J.

OM PRAKASH SHUKLA, J. SEPTEMBER 10, 2025