SUMER SINGH vs UNION OF INDIA

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$~83 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 14885/2024 SUMER SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Mandeep Baisala, Mr. Kavesh Bidhuri, Mr. Sahil Chowdhury, Mr. Ashesh Singh, Mr. Atal Singh along with petitioner in person versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Srivats Kaushal, SPC with Ms. Laavanya Kaushik, GP and Ms. Khyati Bansal, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 16.12.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. Following a Recruitment Notice issued by the Sashastra Seema Bal1 in 2020, inviting applications for recruitment to the post of Constable (Driver), the petitioner applied. He qualified all stages of the examination and received letter dated 25 November 2023 confirming that he had been selected for the post. The petitioner was required to join the post within 45 days. At the petitioners’ request, three extensions were granted to him for joining, with the final date of joining being 7 April 2024. 1 “SSB”, hereinafter Signature Not Verified W.P.(C) 14885/2024 Digitally Signed By:AJIT Page 1 of 13 KUMAR Signing Date:19.12.2025 15:26:49 2. There is no dispute about the fact that, on 7 April 2024, the petitioner reported at the office of the respondent for joining as Constable. However, the respondent came to learn, from the documents furnished by the petitioner, that criminal proceedings following FIR no.495/2021, under Section 420 IPC read with Section 63 of the Copyright Act, 1957, were pending against the petitioner. It may be noted that no occasion arose for the petitioner to declare this fact at any earlier stage of the selection process. 3. MHA Policy Guidelines dated 1 February 2012 3.1 It is, again, not in dispute that, owing to the proscription contained in para 2(III) of the