VIPIN KUMAR AND ANR vs UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND ORS

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$~100 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 2650/2023 VIPIN KUMAR AND ANR .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Ankur Chhibber, Adv. and Mr. Anshuman Mehrotra, Adv. versus UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Ravinder Agarwal and Mr. Manish Kumar Singh, Advs. for R-1 Mrs. Avnish Ahlawat, SC with Mr. Nitesh Kumar Singh, Ms. Laavanya Kaushik and Mr. Mohnish Sehrawat, Advs. for GNCTD/R-2 & R-3 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 20.01.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. This writ petition assails order dated 29 September 2022 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal1, in OA 44/20152 and OA 171/20153. The Tribunal has, by the impugned judgment, dismissed the OAs. Aggrieved thereby, the applicants in OA 44/2015 have approached this Court by means of the present writ petition. 1 “the Tribunal”, hereinafter 2 Dr. Sukhbir Singh Yadav v UPSC 3 Gajraj Singh v UPSC Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT W.P.(C) 2650/2023 Page 1 of 15 KUMAR Signing Date:24.01.2025 15:28:18 2. We have heard Mr. Ankur Chhibber, learned Counsel for the petitioners, at length. 3. The dispute relates to recruitment to the post of Principal, consequent on advertisement notice dated 19 February 2010. Even as per the submissions made before the Tribunal by the petitioners, the prescribed mode of recruitment, in the advertisement notice, envisages a screening test followed by interview. The petitioners submitted that they were successful in the written examination and were shortlisted for interview. However, consequent on interview, their names did not figure in the list of selected candidates. This prompted the petitioners to approach the Tribunal by means of the aforesaid OA, from which the present writ