GNCTD THROUGH MEDICAL DIRECTOR LNJP HOSPITAL vs BEENU PAWAR

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$~77 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 869/2025 & CM APPL. 4228/2025, CM APPL. 4229/2025 GNCTD THROUGH MEDICAL DIRECTOR LNJP HOSPITAL ....Petitioner Through: Mr. Yeeshu Jain, ASC with Ms. Nishita Gupta, Mr. Shubham Tanwar and Ms. Jyoti Tyagi, Advs. versus BEENU PAWAR .....Respondent Through: Ms. Aanchal Anand, Adv. with Respondent in person CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 23.01.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J 1. The respondent was appointed as a Laboratory Technician/Assistant, Group-IV in the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital1, run by the Govt. of NCT of Delhi, in 2008. She was retained as a casual Laboratory Technician for sixteen years. There is no dispute about the fact she was working uninterruptedly during the entire period and that there was no adverse record regarding her performance as Lab Technician/Assistant. 1 “LNJP Hospital” Signature Not Verified W.P.(C) 869/2025 Page 1 of 14 Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:28.01.2025 16:41:37 2. On 13 May 2013, the Govt. of National Capital Territory of Delhi2 issued Vacancy Notice 01/2014, inviting candidates to apply for selection for the regular post of Lab Technician/Assistant. The respondent applied. She qualified and was selected. However, by an order passed on 3 January 2018, her candidature was cancelled on the ground that the Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology3, which she had obtained from the YWCA4, could not be accepted, as the YWCA was not a recognised institution for the purpose of awarding the Dip MLT qualification. 3. Aggrieved thereby, the respondent approached the Central Administrative Tribunal5 by way of OA 508/20236. 4. By judgment dated 2 April 2024, the Tribunal has allowed the OA. The operative directions issued b