DR SACHIN KUMAR vs NATIONAL INSTITUTE EDUCATIONAL PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION THROUGH ITS VICE CHANCELLOR & ORS.

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment reserved on: 20.11.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 22.12.2025 W.P.(C) 13481/2025 & CM APPL. 55362/2025 DR SACHIN KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Swathi Sukumar, Sr. Adv. and Mr. Rishabh Sharma, Ms. Ambica Sood, Mr. Ritik Raghuwanshi, Advs. versus NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONAL PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION THROUGH ITS VICE CHANCELLOR & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Amitesh Kumar, Ms. Priti Kumari, Mr. Pankaj Kumar Ray, Advs. for R- 1 Mr. Parmanand Gaur, Standing Counsel for UGC with Mr. Vibhav Mishra and Ms. Megha Gaur, Advocates for R-2 Mr. Raj Kumar, CGSC with Ms. Vandana Sachdeva, Mr. Ankit Choudhary and Mr. Sumit Choudhary, Advocates for R-3 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT % 22.12.2025 OM PRAKASH SHUKLA, J. FACTUAL MATRIX 1. The present writ petition has been instituted by the petitioner seeking omnibus relief(s) including (i) quashing of the impugned 4.1.I.B (Note) of the University Grants Commission3 Regulations, 2018 to the extent it provides that selection to the post of Assistant Professor shall be solely on the basis of performance in the interview round a