MAJOR SHUBHRA VERMA vs LIEUTENANT GENERAL GURBIRPAL SINGH

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Order reserved on : 20 March 2025 Order pronounced on: 24 March 2025 + CONT.CAS(C) 1472/2024 MAJOR SHUBHRA VERMA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ankur Chibber & Mr. Anshuman Mehrotra, Advs. with petitioner in person. versus LIEUTENANT GENERAL GURBIRPAL SINGH .....Respondent Through: Ms. Monika Arora, CGSC with Mr. Subhradeep Saha & Mr. Prabhat Kumar, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DHARMESH SHARMA ORDER REVIEW PET. 19/2025 (For review of judgment dated 16.12.2024) & CM APPL. 2767/2025 1. This order shall decide the instant petition moved by the applicant/respondent under Section 114 read with order XLVII of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 seeking review of the order dated 16.12.2024 passed by this Court in CONT.CAS(C) No.1472/2024 titled as Major Shubhra Verma v. Lieutenant General Gurbirpal Singh. 2. A reply has already been filed on behalf of the non- applicant/petitioner and the application is opposed. Signature Not Verified CONT.CAS(C) 1472/2024 Digitally Signed By:PRAMOD Page 1 of 17 KUMAR VATS Signing Date:24.03.2025 18:26:19 FACTUAL BACKGROUND: 3. Briefly stated, the petitioner is a permanent commissioned Whole Time Lady Officer [‘WTLO’], who was appointed in 2006 through the UPSC1 under the National Cadet Corps (Whole Time Lady Officers Recruitment Rules, 1995 [‘1995 Rules’]. Evidently, her appointment and terms of service are governed by Appendix ‘A’ dated 12.03.1997 and at the time of filing W.P.(C) No.2437/2024 as well as the aforesaid contempt petition, she was serving as the Administrative Officer in the rank of Major with 3 Delhi Girl Battalion, National Cadet Corps [‘NCC’]. 4. The petitioner was aggrieved that she was a victim of sexual harassment at the hands of a male officer and had lodged a complaint through