MD NOJIBUR RAHAMAN vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~43 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 11.03.2025 + W.P.(C) 3040/2025 MD NOJIBUR RAHAMAN .....Petitioner Through: Mr.Abhay Kumar Bhargava, Mr.Satyaarth Sinha and Mr.Rahul Kumar, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr.Syed Haseeb, CGSC with Mr.Anisul Haque, GP for UOI CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL) 1. This petition has been filed by the petitioner, aggrieved by his downgradation in the Central Seniority List prepared for Constable/(BS-TS) by the Border Security Force. 2. It is the case of the petitioner that in the Central Seniority List published on 27.09.2019 for the above post, the petitioner was placed at Serial No.30. In the subsequent Seniority List published on 28.08.2023, he was placed at Serial No.33, and in the latest Central Seniority List published on 09.09.2024, he has been further downgraded to Serial No.49. The petitioner states that although the petitioner has submitted representations seeking reasons for his downgradation, the same have not been responded to by the respondents. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 3040/2025 Page 1 of 2 By:RENUKA NEGI Signing Date:19.03.2025 19:38:50 3. Issue notice. 4. Notice is accepted by Mr.Syed Abdul Haseeb, the learned counsel for the respondents. He prays for time to seek instructions. 5. We are of the opinion that the respondents should communicate to the petitioner the reasons why he has been downgraded in the consecutive Seniority List(s) issued by the respondents. 6. Accordingly, we direct the respondents to treat the present petition as a representation of the petitioner and to communicate the reasons for his downgradation in the Seniority List to him, within a period of eight weeks fr