ADITYA & ORS. vs DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY & ORS.

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$~56 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 1815/2025 & CM APPL. 8698-99/2025 ADITYA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Sudhir Naagar, Mr. Piyush Aggarwal and Mr. Manohar Naagar, Advocates. versus DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Arun Birbal and Mr. Sanjay Singh, Advocates for DDA. Date of decision: 20th February, 2025 CORAM: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TUSHAR RAO GEDELA JUDGEMENT TUSHAR RAO GEDELA, J : (ORAL) 1. Present writ petition has been filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India impugning the judgment dated 08.03.2024 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereafter the CAT) in O.A. No. 2492/2022 titled as ‘Aditya & Ors vs DDA & Ors’, whereby the learned CAT had dismissed the underlying O.A. holding that the respondent-DDA was within its right and authority to choose Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) Examination score, 2021 as a method of recruitment to the various posts of Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) (Civil) issued vide Vacancy Circular dated 09.07.2022, as one of the methodologies in terms of the relevant Recruitment Rules of the respondent-DDA. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 1815/2025 Page 1 of 4 By:VINOD KUMAR Signing Date:24.02.2025 16:17:51 2. At the outset, on a perusal of records filed with the present petition, it is apparent that the present petition has been filed after a lapse of 340 days from the passing of the impugned judgment by the learned CAT. On a closer scrutiny, it is also revealed that the present petition has been filed without an application seeking condonation of delay or even a single averment in the petition itself, explaining the delay occurred in filing the present petition. 3. O