SACHIN YADAV vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

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$~56 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 3805/2022 SACHIN YADAV .....Petitioner Through: Mr. R.K. Jha, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Rakesh Kumar Dudeja, SPC with Mr. Madan Lal Kalkal, Mr. Devendra Kumar and Ms. Priti, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA ORDER (ORAL) % 30.07.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. The petitioner is the son of Vijay Kumar Yadav, a Constable/GD in the Central Industrial Security Force1, who expired on 21 September 1988 while in harness. 2. On 7 February 2000, Shakuntala Devi, wife of Vijay Kumar Yadav, applied to the respondents seeking compassionate appointment. She was, however, not granted appointment as she did not possess the requisite qualification for the post of Constable. 3. The petitioner and his mother maintained silence thereafter till 1 “CISF” hereinafter W.P.(C) 3805/2022 Signature Not Verified Page 1 of 4 Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:01.08.2025 18:18:55 2018. 4. On 2 February 2018, the petitioner and his mother Shakuntala Devi once again applied to the respondents seeking compassionate appointment for the petitioner. Mr. R.K. Jha, learned Counsel who appears for the petitioner, submits that the petitioner had attained majority in 2014, but was not possessed of the requisite qualification for the post of Constable at that time and, after acquiring the requisite qualification, applied in 2018. 5. By communication dated 13 January 2020, the petitioner and his mother, Shakuntala Devi were informed that the petitioner had not been recommended for compassionate appointment. 6. It is in these circumstances that the petitioner has approached this Court seeking a mandamus to the respondents to grant him compassionate appointment