LAKSHYA ARYA vs COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH THROUGH ITS SECRETARY AND ORS.

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$~3 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Decided on 31.01.2025 + W.P.(C) 13467/2024 LAKSHYA ARYA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Manish Gupta, Ms. Deepti Verma, Mr. Prateek Gupta, Ms. Sowmya China and Mr. Rishabh Rai, Advocates. versus COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH THROUGH ITS SECRETARY AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Iram Majid, CGSC with Mr. Md. Suboor and Mr. Seham Khan, Advocates for R-1. Mr. Udit Seth, Advocate for R-2. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN PRATEEK JALAN, J. (ORAL) 1. The petitioner was a candidate for appointment to the post of Executive in the respondent No. 2 – Centre For Development of Technologies [“C-DOT”]. He was issued an offer of appointment on 17.04.2024, but his offer was cancelled by a communication dated 12.09.2024. By way of the present writ petition, the petitioner challenges the communication dated 12.09.2024. 2. The petitioner completed an engineering degree (B.Tech) from National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra [“NIT”], in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, in the year Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:SHITU NAGPAL W.P.(C) 13467/2024 Page 1 of 10 Signing Date:04.02.2025 18:25:49 2021. He thereafter enrolled, in February 2022, for an MBA programme at Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur [“IIM-U”]. 3. The petitioner participated in campus placement at IIM-U in January 2024, in which C-DOT also participated as a prospective employer. Students were required to register themselves in the C-DOT recruitment portal for participation in the campus interview, to fill their profile and upload necessary documents. 4. The petitioner applied for the said recruitment and submitted copies of his marksheets. He was called for an interview on 20.02.2024. It is averred in the wri