SARWAN KUMAR & ORS. vs UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION & ORS.

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$~6 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 9701/2025 SARWAN KUMAR & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Saaket Jain and Ms. Shivangi Anand, Advs. versus UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Ravinder Agarwal and Mr. Vasu Agarwal, Advs. for R-1/UPSC CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL ORDER (ORAL) % 08.08.2025 CM APPL. 48765/2025 1. This application, at the instance of the Respondent 1-Union Public Service Commission, contains two prayers. The first is for modification of paragraph 8 of the order dated 11 July 2025. The second prayer is for preponement of hearing in the writ petition. 2. As this writ petition is not part heard before this Bench, prayer (b) would not lie before us. If any party desires hearing of the writ petition on a fixed date, it would have to move the appropriate Bench which would hear the case as per Roster. We, therefore, apply W.P.(C) 9701/2025 Page 1 of 6 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:12.08.2025 15:14:43 ourselves only to prayer (a). 3. Prayer (a) seeks a modification of para 8 of the order dated 11 July 2025. 4. The petitioners before this Court in the writ petition are aspirants who seek entry into the Central Armed Police Forces via the CAPF Examination, 2024. They are candidates who belong to Other Backward Classes and do not belong to the creamy layer. As such, they are OBC-NCL candidates. 5. Each of the petitioners is in possession of OBC-NCL certificates issued by the Competent Authority not on one date but on two dates. We have noted this in para 6 of our order, which reads thus: - “6. However, (i) Petitioner 1 is in possession of OBC-NCL certificates issued on 18 March 2024 and 15 Octob