PRIYA CHAUHAN AND ORS. vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Decided on: 09th July 2025 W.P.(C) 9410/2025 PRIYA CHAUHAN AND ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Aishwarya Dobhal, Mr. Albar Qureshi, & Ms. Mansi Bidhuri, Advocates. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Ripu Daman Bhardwaj, CGSC & & Mr. Kautilya Birat, GP with Mr. Kushagra Kumar, Mr. Kumar Rana, Advocates for R-1. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN PRATEEK JALAN, J. (ORAL) CM APPL. 39730/2025 (exemption) Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions. The application stands disposed of. W.P.(C) 9410/2025 and CM APPL. 39729/2025 (ad-interim directions) 1. The petitioners have filed this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution assailing the “Recruitment Rules for Teaching and Non- Teaching posts in KVS-revised” notified on 20.03.2025 [“Recruitment Rules”] by the respondent No. 2- Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan [“KVS”]. 2. The uncontested position is that KVS is a notified entity for the purposes of jurisdiction of the Central Administrative Tribunal [“Tribunal”] under Section 14 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 3. Ms. Dobhal’s first argument is that the Tribunal does not have jurisdiction to