PARIKSHIT GREWAL & ORS. vs UION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~32 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 636/2025, CAV 30/2025, CM APPLs. 3061/2025, 3062/2025 & 3063/2025 PARIKSHIT GREWAL & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Jayant Kumar Mehta, Sr. Adv. with Ms. Anushree Kapadia, Mr. M. Thirupathi Reddy, Mr. Harsh Panwar and Ms. Diva Saigal, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Mr. Kautilya Birat, Mr. Sandip Muniah and Ms. Jyotsna Vyas, Advs. for R-1/UOI. Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Mr. Anand Singh, Mr. Shantanu Shukla and Ms. Sarika Soam, Advs. for R-2/NTA. Mr. Ankur Chhibber, Mr. Yogesh Kumar Mahur, Mr. Harkesh, Mr. Samarth and Mr. J. S. Mann, Advs. for R-3 to 30. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL O R D E R(ORAL) % 17.01.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. Mr. Jayant Kumar Mehta, learned Senior Counsel for the petitioners, very fairly submits that he has no objection to the recruitment process being made subject to the outcome of the OA and W.P.(C) 636/2025 Signature Not Verified Page 1 of 3 Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:18.01.2025 20:37:38 to the said direction in the impugned order dated 13 January 2025, subject to two caveats, the first being that the Central Administrative Tribunal1 should not be encumbered by any of the observations contained in the order dated 13 January 2025 while hearing the OA finally and, secondly, that the matter may be listed before the Tribunal on a fixed date as the case pertains to an ongoing recruitment process which would not attain finality till the Tribunal takes a view. 2. In that view of the matter, we dispose of this writ petition by maintaining the impugned order dated 13 January 2025 to the extent it renders the recruitment process subject to the outcome of the OA. 3. We direct the OA to be l