SUBHASH CHANDRA TRIPATHI & ORS. vs DIRECTORATE GENERAL, INDO TIBETAN BORDER POLICE FORCE & ORS.

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 24 April 2025 Pronounced on: 30 April 2025 W.P.(C) 4506/2021 & CM APPL. 15134/2025 SUBHASH CHANDRA TRIPATHI & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Maninder Acharya, Sr. Adv. with Ms. Shreya Garg., Ms. Padma Priya, Mr. Rishabh Sancheti and Mr. Shikhar Bhardwaj, Advs. versus DIRECTORATE GENERAL, INDO TIBETAN BORDER POLICE FORCE & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms Pratima N Lakra (CGSC), MR. Shailendra Kumar Mishra Adv, Mr. Chandan Prajapati Adv., Mr. Reynil Johans (DIG/JAC), Mr. Govind Yadav (DC/ GD) Mr. Sagar Saxena, Mr. Parmeet Singh, Mr. Sarthak Pandey and Mr. Krishnendu Haldar, Advs. for R-3 to 13, 15, 16, 20, 21, 23, 27, 31, 34, 37 to 39 Mr. M. K. Bhardwaj, Ms. Priyanka Bhardwaj and Mr. Himanshu Bhardwaj, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT % 30.04.2025 1. The petitioners assail a seniority list in the grade of Assistant Commandant in the Indo Tibetan Border Police1, circulated by the Directorate General, BTC, Police vide Memorandum dated 24 April 2020, to the extent the seniority list places the petitioners en bloc below the respondents. Facts 2. The petitioners are di