RAJESH KUMAR vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~32 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 10133/2020 RAJESH KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Raj Singh Phogat, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sahil Munjal, Sr. PC with Ms. Rhea Gandhi, Adv. for UOI/R-1 to R-3 Mr. T.P. Singh, Sr. CGSC for R-4. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 07.11.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. While working as Pradhan Sahayak Engineer in the Indian Coast Guard, the petitioner applied for the post of Senior Scientific Officer1 Grade-II (Electrical) in the Directorate General of Aeronautical Quality Assurance2 on 15 August 2016, pursuant to an advertisement issued by the Union Public Service Commission3. He applied for the interview for the said post, conducted by the UPSC on 1 June 2017. The UPSC recommended the name of the petitioner for appointment to the post of SSO-II. 2. Thereafter, on 22 June 2017, the petitioner addressed the following communication to the respondents, seeking permission to retire voluntarily from service, which reads thus: 1 “SSO”, hereinafter 2 “DGAQA”, hereinafter 3 “UPSC”, hereinafter Signature Not Verified W.P.(C) 10133/2020 Page 1 of 8 Signed By:GUNN Signing Date:11.11.2025 18:42:36 “APPLICATION FOR VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT (VR) RAJESH KUMAR PSE (AL), NO 07385-P Sir, 1. I Rajesh Kumar, PSE(AL), No.07385-P joined Indian Coast Guard on 27 Oct 1994 and completed more than 22 years, 08 Months of service. I have applied in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) New Delhi for the post of Senior Scientific Officer Grade-II (Electrical)[(SSQ-II(Electrical)] in the Directorate General of Aeronautical Quality Assurance (DGAQA), Ministry of Defence (MoD) and qualified the UPSC examination. The UPSC New Delhi has recommended