NIRANJAN KUMAR AND ORS vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

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$~67 * 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. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 17536/2025 Page 1 of 5 By:REYMON VASHIST Signing Date:22.11.2025 18:08:47 17:19:58 Union of India & Ors., dismissing the O.A. filed by the petitioners herein. 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 Pass or ITI or equivalent National Apprenticeship Certificate (NAC) granted by NCVT”. 4. The petitioners claim that the educational qualification for the said post had been changed after the recruitment process had commenced by an advertisement dated 28.12.2024 issued by the respondents. 5. The learned Tribunal rejected the said submission by observing as under:- “Also the rules of t