AJIT CHAUHAN vs HIGH COURT OF DELHI AND ANR.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 20.05.2025 Date of Decision: 29.05.2025 + W.P.(C) 11634/2019 & CM APPL. 21091/2021 AJIT CHAUHAN .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ankur Chhibber and Mr. Amrit Koul, Advs. versus HIGH COURT OF DELHI AND ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mrs. Avnish Ahlawat, SC with Mr. Nitesh Kumar Singh, Advs. for GNCTD Ms. Radhika Bishwajit Dubey, CGSC with Ms. Gurleen Kaur Waraich and Mr. Kritarth Upadhyay, Advs. for DHC + W.P.(C) 7003/2021 & CM APPL. 22111/2021, CM APPL. 22112/2021 & CM APPL. 69837/2024 VIKAS .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Gunjan Sinha Jain and Ms. Smriti Sapru, Advs. versus GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mrs. Avnish Ahlawat, SC with Mr. Nitesh Kumar Singh, Advs. for GNCTD Ms. Radhika Bishwajit Dubey, CGSC with Ms. Gurleen Kaur Waraich and Mr. Kritarth Upadhyay, Advs. for DHC Signature Not Verified Signed By:AAKANSHA W.P.(C) 11364/2019 and connected matter Page 1 of 19 SHARMA Signing Date:29.05.2025 18:39:17 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT % AJAY DIGPAUL, J. 1. Since the issue canvassed before this Court and the facts to some extent are similar, therefore, for the sake of brevity, the facts are culled out from W.P.(C) 11634/2019, wherein the petitioner, an employee of the Delhi High Court, seeks a direction for the timely conduct of Part II of the Common Assistant Accounts Officer (Civil) Examination1, notified in 2017 by the Government of NCT of Delhi2, and for his eligibility to be considered as on the date of his Part I application, when he was in Pay Level 7. This has been sought on account of the delay in holding Part II, during which he was promoted to Pay Level 8. 2. The facts of W.P.(C) 7003/2021 will also be discussed as and when the sam