MOHAN LAL BESARWADIYA & ORS. vs RESERVE BANK OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~73 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Decided on: 29.07.2025 + W.P.(C) 11097/2025 MOHAN LAL BESARWADIYA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Amit B. Mohanty, Advocate. versus RESERVE BANK OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Ramesh Babu M.R., Ms. Nisha Sharma, and Ms. Tanya Choudhary, Advocates for R-1 and R-2. Mr. Ravi Kant Srivastava, Senior Panel Counsel for UOI with Mr. Robert Laishram and Mr. Bhupender, Advocates for R-3. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN PRATEEK JALAN, J. (ORAL) CM APPL. 45654/2025(Exemption) Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions. The application stands disposed of. W.P.(C) 11097/2025 & CM APPL. 45655/2025(for direction) 1. Issue notice. Mr. Ramesh Babu, learned counsel, accepts notice on behalf of respondent No. 1 – The Reserve Bank of India [“RBI”]. Mr. Ravi Kant Srivastava, learned Senior Panel Counsel, accepts notice on behalf of the Union of India. 2. There are four petitioners in this writ petition, who all are serving Signature Not Verified Signed By:PARUL W.P.(C) 11097/2025 Page 1 of10 VASHIST Signing Date:30.07.2025 19:36:23 at the level of Assistant Commandant/Deputy Commandant in various Central Armed Police Forces [“CAPF”], with more than ten years of service. They assail an advertisement issued by RBI in July 2025, by which eligibility conditions for the post of Assistant Manager (Protocol and Security) have been limited to ex-servicemen of the regular Army, Navy, and Air Force. 3. The very same issue came up for consideration in a writ petition filed by a similarly placed officer in the Border Security Force [“BSF”]. By a judgment dated 28.07.2025 in W.P.(C) 10662/2025 [Vikash Kumar vs. Reserve Bank of India Through Its General Manager & Anr.], this Court held as follows: “6. Mr. Babu submits th