EX. SGT MANOJ KUMAR & ANR. vs GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY & ORS.

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$~53. * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + Date of Decision: 27.01.2025 % LPA 60/2025 & C.M. No. 4735/2025 EX. SGT MANOJ KUMAR & ANR ..... Petitioner Through: Mr. Ajai Kumar, Mr. Rishpreet Singh and Mr. A.R. Pandey, Advs. versus GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY & ORS .....Respondent Through: Ms. Anita Sahani, Adv. for R-1 and R-2. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Mahapatra, CGSC with Mr. Tribhuvan, Adv. for R-5 & R-6. Mr. Anuj Aggarwal, ASC with Mr. Yash Upadhyay, Mr. Siddhant Dutt and Ms. Ishita Panday, Advs. For R-7 and R-8/GNCTD. CORAM: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TUSHAR RAO GEDELA DEVENDRA KUMAR UPADHYAYA, CJ. (ORAL) 1. This intra-court appeal seeks to challenge the judgment dated 11th November, 2024, passed by the learned Single Judge whereby the writ petition filed by the appellant/ petitioner being W.P.(C) No. 11942/2024 has been dismissed. LPA 60/2025 Page 1 of 8 Signature Not Verified Digiltally Signed By:SREERAM L Signing Date:14.02.2025 18:42:37 2. Instituting the writ petition, the appellant/ petitioner had challenged the validity of inclusion of wards/ widows of Para-Military Personnel and/ or Police Personnel within the quota meant for providing reservation in admission to various courses by Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (hereinafter referred to as ‘the University’) under Priority (I) to Priority (V) for Defence Category as provided in the Admission Brochure 2024-25 published by the University. 3. Further prayer made in the writ petition was for issuance of a direction to the respondents to publish the list of eligible candidates under Defence Category excluding the wards/ widows of Para-Military Personnel and/ or Police Personnel for admission to various courses in medicine for the academic session 2024-25 under the State qu