DY. COMDT. DHARAM DASS CHORASIA vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 11.03.2025 Pronounced on: 12.06.2025 + W.P.(C) 955/2017 & CM APPL. 14587/2025 DY. COMDT. DHARAM DASS CHORSIA ….Petitioner Through: Mr.Ankur Chhibber, Mr.Amrit Kaul, Mr.Anshuman Mehrotra, Mr.Nikunj Arora and Ms.Muskaan Dutta, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms.Radhika Bishwajit Dubey, CGSC with Ms.Gurleen Kaur Waraich and Mr.Kritarth Upadhyay, Advs. for respondents Mr.Himanshu Gautam, Adv. for the applicants in CM APPL. 14587/2025 + W.P.(C) 2882/2017 SUKHENDRA SINGH SOMAWANSHI ….Petitioner Through: Mr.Ankur Chhibber, Mr.Amrit Kaul, Mr.Anshuman Mehrotra, Mr.Nikunj Arora and Ms.Muskaan Dutta, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms.Radhika Bishwajit Dubey, CGSC with Ms.Gurleen Kaur Waraich and Mr.Kritarth Upadhyay, Advs. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 955/2017 & W.P.(C) 2882/2017 Page 1 of 18 By:RENUKA NEGI Signing Date:12.06.2025 13:43:47 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA JUDGMENT NAVIN CHAWLA, J. CM APPL. 14587/2025 in W.P.(C) 955/2017 1. By this application, the applicants, who were the directly recruited Group „A‟ Gazetted Officers appointed to the post of Assistant Commandant along with the petitioners, but having completed their training as 38th Directly Appointed Gazetted Officers („DAGOs‟) Batch, seek impleadment in these petitions claiming therein that their seniority will be adversely affected in case the petitioners were to succeed in these petitions. 2. Finding merit in the application, the same is allowed and the learned counsel for the applicants has also been heard in answer to these Writ Petitions. W.P.(C) 955/2017 & W.P.(C) 2882/2017 3. These petitions have been filed by the petitioners, challeng