XX vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 07.08.2025 Judgment delivered on: 27.08.2025 + W.P.(C) 9931/2025 & CM APPL. 41349-41351/2025 & CM APPL. 42157/2025 & CM APPL. 42663/2025 & CM APPL. 45892/2025 XX .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondent Memo of Appearance For the Petitioner: Mr. Jaideep Gupta, Senior Advocate, Mr. Jatan Singh, Senior Advocate, Mr. K.K. Mannan, Senior Advocate with Mr. Rana S. Biswas, Mr. Vivek Jain and Mr. Puneet Parihar, Advocates For the Respondents: Mr. S.D. Sanjay, ASG with Mr. Gaurav Sharma, SPC- UOI, Mr. Sachin Singh, Advocate and Ms. Vidhi Gupta (GP) for R-1/UOI, Mr. Tarun Agarwal, Ms. Parthvi Ahuja, Mr. Akshat Agarwal, Mr. Bhaskar Agarwal, Mr. Shrey Patnaik, Mr. Ritwik Batra and Ms. Mitali Karwa, Advocates for R-2 & R-3 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN JUDGMENT MANOJ JAIN, J 1. Petitioner challenges order dated 12.11.2024 whereby she has been terminated from service. She seeks issuance of appropriate writ directing her employer to reinstate her to the post of Assistant Director (Administration & Finance)-Legal, with all consequential benefits. 2. Petitioner has withheld her identity and has masked her name in the present writ petition. This seems to have been done for the reason that W.P.(C) 9931/2025 1 of 38 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:SONIA THAPLIYAL Signing Date:27.08.2025 19:08:29 during the course of her employment in question, she had filed a complaint under Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. Though, the aforesaid complaint (being referred as POSH Complaint) has already been adjudicated, in the present matter, she would be referred to either as “petitioner” or as “XX”. 3. Let me narrate factual matrix, in brief. 4