UNION OF INDIA AND ANR vs SANGEETA WAHI & ORS

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 11.12.2024 Judgment delivered on: 16.01.2025 LPA 129/2024, CM APPL. 9467/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ANR ....Appellants versus SANGEETA WAHI & ORS ....Respondents Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Petitioner : Mr. Jaswinder Singh, Adv. For the Respondent : Ms. Anu Mehta, Advocates for R1. Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD Mr. J.P.N. Shahi, Advocate for R-4. CORAM: HON'BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TUSHAR RAO GEDELA JUDGMENT TUSHAR RAO GEDELA, J. 1. Present appeal has been preferred under Clause X of the Letters Patent Act, 1866 assailing the judgement dated 18.10.2023 passed by the learned Single Judge thereby allowing the underlying writ petition bearing W.P.(C) 4912/2021 titled ‘Sangeeta Wahi vs. Union of India & Ors’, in favor of the respondent no.1 herein. 2. The facts, shorn of unnecessary details and germane to the issue at hand and collated from the underlying writ petition and the present appeal, are as follows:- a) The appellant through its Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India announced ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kaly