OM SAI RAM CATERING vs INDIAN RAILWAY CATERING AND TOURISM CORPORATION LIMITED

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$~57 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + LPA 432/2025, CM APPL. 41463/2025, CM APPL. 41464/2025, CM APPL. 41465/2025 & CM APPL. 41466/2025 OM SAI RAM CATERING .....Appellant Through: Mr. Jitender Mehta, Mr. Lalit Kumar, Mr. Shivam Pahal and Mr. Abhinav Kumar, Advocates versus INDIAN RAILWAY CATERING AND TOURISM CORPORATION LIMITED .....Respondent Through: Ms. Shilpi Chowdhary and Mr. Amarkant Patel, Advocates % Date of Decision: 16.07.2025 CORAM: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TUSHAR RAO GEDELA JUDGEMENT TUSHAR RAO GEDELA, J: (ORAL) 1. Present Letters Patent Appeal has been filed assailing the judgment dated 03.07.2025 (hereinafter referred as “impugned judgment”) passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P(C) 7846/2025 titled “M/s Om Sai Ram Catering vs. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation”, whereby the learned Single Judge has dismissed the underlying writ petition on the ground that the appellant is not entitled to the further extension of what has been agreed by the appellant in the Novation Agreement dated 21.03.2022 executed with the respondent. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed LPA 432/2025 Page 1 of 7 By:MADHU SARDANA Signing Date:21.07.2025 15:04:38 2. Learned counsel appearing for the appellants seeks extension of time to vacate his stall as granted by this Court in various matters on the ground of parity. Unlike those matters, the present appeal seems to be different. In some of the matters, the Commercial Circular dated 27.02.2017 was the subject matter of the challenge, which was rejected by the learned Single Judge. The said decision was also upheld by the Division Bench of this Court vide an order dated 09.08.2024 passed in LPA being LPA No. 770/2024 titled “M/s Veer & Company Graduate Partnership Concern & Anr. vs.