PRAGYA SINGH vs DELHI SUBORDINATE SERVICES SELECTION BOARD THROUGH ITS DIRECTOR & ORS.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 18 December 2024 Pronounced on: 28 February 2025 + W.P.(C) 920/2024, CM APPL. 3795/2024 PRAGYA SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Malvika Trivedi, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Arvind Kr. Gupta, Mr. Shailender Salaria, Mr. Abhisumat Gupta and Mr. Arun Bhattacharya, Advs. versus DELHI SUBORDINATE SERVICES SELECTION BOARD THROUGH ITS DIRECTOR & ORS......Respondents Through: Mr. Yeeshu Jain, ASC along with Ms. Jyoti Tyagi, and Mr. Hitanshu Mishra, Advs. with Mr. Sachin Varun (System Analyst) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANOOP KUMAR MENDIRATTA JUDGMENT % 28.02.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. “Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practice to deceive” said Sir Walter Scott, in his celebrated poem, ‘Marmion’. We are painfully reminded of the immortal quote. 2. We could have said more, but merely state that, having perused Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT W.P.(C) 920/2024 Page 1 of 29 KUMAR Signing Date:28.02.2025 17:49:38 the entire record holistically, we find, to our discomfiture, that the petitioner has, by economizing the truth, taken up the time, first of the Central Administrative Tribunal1 and, thereafter, of this Court, canvassing a relief which, to her plain knowledge, she is not entitled. The Dispute 3. The petitioner applied for recruitment to the post of Welfare Officer/Probation Officer/Prison Welfare Officer, in response to an advertisement issued by the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board2, the respondent herein. Her candidature stands rejected vide Rejection Notice dated 6 March 2020, for failure to upload the e- dossier containing the requisite documents during the period 28 January 2020 to 11 February 2020. OA 898/20203, instituted by her before the Cent