DELHI SUBORDINATE SERVICES SELECTION BOARD & ORS. vs PARVESH GAUTAM & ANR.

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$~32 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 16.05.2025 + W.P.(C) 5648/2025 & CM APPL. 25712/2025 DELHI SUBORDINATE SERVICES SELECTION BOARD & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr.Gaurav Dhingra and Mr.Shashank Singh, Advs. versus PARVESH GAUTAM & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr.Yashpal Rangi, Adv. for R-1 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RENU BHATNAGAR NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL) 1. This petition has been filed by the petitioners challenging the Order dated 27.11.2024 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as, ‘Tribunal’) in OA No.2368/2016 titled Parvesh Gautam v. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare through Secretary, Govt. of NCT & Ors., allowing the O.A. filed by the respondent no.1 herein with the following directions: “20. Given the above, offer of appointment should rightly have gone to the applicant instead of respondent no.4. However even R-4 is not at fault since no relevant information has been concealed by her for taking the appointment. Hence this is a fit case where Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 5648/2025 Page 1 of 7 By:RENUKA NEGI Signing Date:19.05.2025 20:49:32 respondents, who are at fault for not being circumspect and meticulous earlier while processing the case of appointment; and are now morally and legally bound to make amends and ensure that there is no further miscarriage of justice. In our considered opinion ends of justice would be met if respondents are directed to issue an offer of appointment to the applicant, of course after due verification and on completing other formalities. The said appointment will be against any other sanctioned vacant post, in case a vacant post is not available then a supernumerary post b