MONU SHARMA AND ORS vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

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$~62 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 19132/2025 and CM APPL. 81175/2025 MONU SHARMA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Ankur Chhibber, Mr. Nikunj Arora and Mr. Prahil Sharma, Advocates versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Balendu Shekhar, CGSC Mr. Rajkumar Maurya, Mr. Krishna Chaitanya and Mr. Divyansh Singh Dev, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 22.12.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. This writ petition assails the following order dated 28 April 2025, issued by the National Disaster Response Force1 of the Ministry of Home Affairs: “ORDER The 14th, 15th & 16th NDRF Bns are newly raised Battalions in NDRF and initially, the officer/personnel were inducted in these battalions in bulk numbers. After completion of deputation tenure of seven years, all the initially inducted officer/personnel will have to be repatriated to their parent organization in one go, which will adversely affect the functionality and operational efficiency of these battalions. 1 “NDRF”, hereinafter Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR W.P.(C) 19132/2025 Page 1 of 11 Signing Date:23.12.2025 18:29:10 2. In view of above, DG NDRF has approved the following initial turnaround operation in respect of officer/personnel of 14th, 15th & 16th Bns NDRF in phased manner subject to providing of equal number of officer/personnel in each rank from ITBP and BSF: i) 1/3rd personnel be repatriated after completion of 5th year. ii) 1/3rd personnel be repatriated after completion of 6th year. iii) 1/3rd personnel be repatriated after completion of 7th year. iv) The repatriation will be subject to the condition that not more than 25% of the overall strength of NDRF be replaced in any partic