DSSSB AND ANR. vs MOHAN LAL CHHEDWAL

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$~1 (SPL. DB) * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 17117/2024 DSSSB AND ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Gaurav Dhingra and Mr. Shashank Singh, Advocates versus MOHAN LAL CHHEDWAL .....Respondent Through: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN ORDER (ORAL) % 25.07.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. Rev. Pett. 165/2025 and CM 16696/2025 (condonation of delay of 10 days in filing review petition) 1. This application seeks review of judgment dated 11 December 2024 to the extent we have granted relief to the respondent, noting the fact that she had not been informed either by SMS or by email that he had been shortlisted, as was required by Advertisement No. 04/2017, pursuant to which the selection had been held. W.P.(C) 17117/2024 Signature Not Verified Page 1 of 3 Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:29.07.2025 17:41:57 2. We have also noted the fact that, even in the counter affidavit filed before the Central Administrative Tribunal1, from whose decision this writ petition emanated, there was no pleading to the effect that the respondent had been informed of her being shortlisted by the SMS or by email. 3. No copy of the SMS or email purportedly sent to the respondent was placed on record either before the Tribunal or even before this Court when the writ petition was argued. 4. At this juncture, especially keeping in mind the fact that in the counter affidavit before the Tribunal, it was not even pleaded that the respondent had been informed about his short-listing by SMS/email, we are not inclined to entertain such a plea by way of a review petition. 5. We may also note, incidentally, that even the document annexed to this writ petition is neither a screenshot of the SMS nor a copy of the email. It is only a print out of a