NIRANJAN KUMAR AND ORS vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 19.11.2025 W.P.(C) 17536/2025 NIRANJAN KUMAR AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr.Shrikant Prasad, Mr.Nitish Kumar, Mr.Aryan Kumar & Mr.Paul Kr. Kalai, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr.Apoorv Kurup, Sr. Adv. & Mr.Amit Tiwari, CGSC with Ms.Ayushi Srivastava, GP, Ms.Nidhi Mittal, Mr.Aayush Tanwar, Mr.Arpan Narwal & Mr.Kushagra Malik, Advs. along with Mr.Rajeev Singh, PEDE(N) Railway Board. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MADHU JAIN NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL) CM APPL. 72497/2025 (Exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. W.P.(C) 17536/2025 & CM APPL. 72496/2025 2. This petition has been filed by the petitioners, challenging the Order dated 12.11.2025 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the, „Tribunal‟) in O.A. No. 296/2025, titled Niranjan Kumar & Ors. v. 3. The petitioners, by the above O.A., had challenged the advertisement dated 22.01.2025 issued by the respondents for the Level-1 posts in the Indian Railways, prescribing the minimum educational qualification for the same as “10th Pa