PAWAN SHARMA AND ORS. vs GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI AND ORS.

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 18 July 2025 Pronounced on: 10 November 2025 W.P.(C) 2117/2025, CM APPLs. 10024/2025, 10025/2025, 10026/2025, 38694/2025 & 41795/2025 PAWAN SHARMA AND ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv. with Ms. Hetvi Patel, Mr. Atul Kumar Srivastav, Mr. Paul Kumar Kalai, Mr. Umesh Kumar, Mr. Manik Gupta and Mr. Kamran Khwaja, Advs. versus GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI AND ORS …...Respondents Through: Mrs. Avnish Ahlawat, SC with Mr. Nitesh Kumar Singh and Ms. Aliza Alam, Advs. for GNCTD Mr. Gaurav Dhingra and Mr. Shashank Singh, Advs. W.P.(C) 2146/2025, CM APPLs. 10096/2025, 10097/2025 & 10098/2025 NARENDRA SHARMA AND ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv. with Ms. Hetvi Patel, Mr. Atul Kumar Srivastav, Mr. Paul Kumar Kalai, Mr. Umesh Kumar, Mr. Manik Gupta and Mr. Kamran Khwaja, Advs. versus GOVERNMENT OF NCT DELHI AND ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mrs. Avnish Ahlawat, SC with Mr. Nitesh Kumar Singh and Ms. Aliza 1. Four judgments, rendered by Hon’ble Division Benches of the Supreme Court within the past two years, have fundamentally redrawn the horizons of service jurisprudence insofar as they