RAGHAV SHUKLA vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Decided on: 27.02.2025 W.P.(C) 2285/2025 & CM APPL. 10753/2025 RAGHAV SHUKLA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rakesh Kumar Singh & Mr. Vikash Kumar, Advocates. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Garima Sachdeva, Sr. Panel Counsel with Mr. Aakash Pathak, GP for UOI/R-1. Mr. Anshul Rai, Advocate for R-2 to 4/DFCCIL. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN PRATEEK JALAN, J. (ORAL) 1. The petitioner, an Ex-Serviceman [“ESM”], has filed the present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, against a decision of the respondent-Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited [“the Corporation”]. By the impugned decision, the Corporation cancelled his candidature for the post of Executive (Human Resources) [“Executive (HR)”], under Advertisement No. 01/DR/2023 issued on 20.05.2023. 2. I have heard Mr. Rakesh Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Mr. Anshul Rai, learned counsel for the Corporation. 3. By the aforesaid recruitment notice, the Corporation invited 4. In the recruitment notice, the following instructions deal specifically with the post for which the petitioner had applied