ANIL KUMAR MITTAL vs NTPC. LTD.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 17.12.2025 W.P.(C) 5190/2017 ANIL KUMAR MITTAL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Om Prakash Gupta, Advocate alongwith petitioner in person. versus NTPC. LTD. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Puneet Taneja, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Sanjay Rawat, Mr. Varun Rawat, Mr. Amit Yadav and Mr. Manmohan Singh, Advocates. (through VC) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AVNEESH JHINGAN AVNEESH JHINGAN, J. (ORAL) 1. This petition is filed challenging the criteria of allocating forty marks to viva-voce out of total marks of one-hundred. Further, direction is sought to promote the petitioner to the post of AGM (Grade E 7) from the date on which his juniors were promoted. 2. While issuing notice on motion on 31.05.2017, learned counsel for the petitioner confined the prayer to the Departmental Promotion Committee (for short „DPC‟) held in the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 and gave up the challenge to DPCs held in the years 2011, 2012 and 2013. 3. The brief facts are that the petitioner joined the National 2017. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner challenges the criteria of twenty marks kept for presentation and the twenty marks kept for interview and the argument