DAYA SHANKAR KARAMVIR vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 18667/2025 & CM APPL. 77568/2025 DAYA SHANKAR KARAMVIR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. K.K Sharma and Mr. Harshit Agarwal, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr Farman Ali, CGSC and Ms Usha Jamnal, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 09.12.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. The petitioner in this writ petition seeks restoration of seniority and advancing of the petitioner in seniority from 134 to 324 in the seniority list without impleading the parties over whom the petitioner seeks seniority. 2. It is settled, in State of Rajasthan v. Ucchab Lal Chhanwal1, Vijay Kumar Kaul v. Union of India2, Indu Shekhar Singh v. State of U.P.3, J.S. Yadav v. State of U.P.4 and Padam Singh Jhina v. Union of India5, that in such cases, the necessary parties have to be 1 (2014) 1 SCC 144 2 (2012) 7 SCC 610 3 (2006) 8 SCC 129 4 (2011) 6 SCC 570 5 (1974) 1 SLR 594 (SC) 3. We find ourselves inundated with writ petitions in which similar reliefs are sought without impleading necessary parties. 4. To our mind, this is completely improper. 5. Nonetheless, as a matter of ind