STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION AND ORS vs SHASHIKANT KUMAR

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$~1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 13616/2024 & CM APPL. 4587/2025 STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Himanshu Pathak, Sr. PC with Mr. Amit Singh, Adv. versus SHASHIKANT KUMAR .....Respondent Through: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL ORDER (ORAL) % 17.02.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. CM APPL. 4587/2025 1. This application seeks modification of following order dated 27 September 2024, passed by this Court in the present proceedings: “1. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the impugned order dated 22 April 2024 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal1 in OA 635/2024 already stands implemented and that, therefore the cause of action in this petition does not survive. 2. The petition is accordingly disposed of.” W.P.(C) 13616/2024 Page 1 of 3 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:19.02.2025 19:47:27 2. Mr. Himanshu Pathak, learned Senior Panel Counsel for the petitioners, submits that the aforesaid order was passed because of a lack of communication between the petitioners and the respondent. 3. Accordingly, the application is allowed, the order is withdrawn. 4. Mr. Pathak acknowledges that this case may be disposed of in the light of similar orders passed by this Court involving the presence or absence of a tattoo on the forearm of the candidate. 5. Accordingly, following the order passed in one of several matters in which the Central Administrative Tribunal has directed the candidate, who aspired to be recruited as Constable in the Delhi Police, to be examined by a dermatologist to ascertain whether he has a tattoo on his forearm. 6. Given the innocuous nature of the direction, we have, in several similar cases2, declined to inter