NAMITA KHARE AND ANR. vs UNIVERSITY OF DELHI AND ORS.

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 27.05.2025 Date of Decision: 11.07.2025 W.P.(C) 8531/2022, CM APPL. 25675/2022, CM APPL. 60834/2024 & CM APPL. 25724/2025 NAMITA KHARE AND ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Atul Kr. Shrivastav, Adv. versus UNIVERSITY OF DELHI AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Santosh Kumar, Mr. Adithya Ramani and Mr. Vaibhav Mishra, Advs. for R-1 Mr. Manoj Ranjan Sinha and Mr. Vishal Agrawal, Advs. for R-2 Mr. Mukul Singh, CGSC with Mr. Aryan Dhaka, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT % AJAY DIGPAUL, J. 1. The present writ petition has been instituted under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by two petitioners, namely, Ms. Namita Khare and Ms. Mehak Talwar, who have been serving as ad- hoc Assistant Professors in the Department of Germanic and Romance Studies, University of Delhi, for varying periods extending up to nine years. The petitioners impugn Notification Ref. No. Estab. 2. The petitioners state that they have been appointed after due advertisement and selection through proper procedure, though on an ad-hoc basis, and their services ha