# ARADHNA GUTPA vs JANKI DEVI MEMORAL COLLEGE & ORS

Court: Delhi High Court
Date: 2025-10-08
Citation: W.P.(C)-7411/2018 2025:DHC:8953
Petitioner: ARADHNA GUTPA
Respondent: JANKI DEVI MEMORAL COLLEGE & ORS

[Official PDF on Delhi High Court website](https://delhihighcourt.nic.in/app/showFileJudgment/PRJ08102025CW74112018_112431.pdf)

## Judgment text (excerpt)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Decided on 08.10.2025 W.P.(C) 7411/2018 & CM APPL. 5520/2023 ARADHNA GUTPA .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Rashmi B. Singh, Advocate. versus JANKI DEVI MEMORAL COLLEGE & ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Girindra Kumar Pathak, Mr. Navneet Anand, Advocates [M:- 9891175568] with Dr. Kaushal Kishor, AO for R-1. Mr. Mohinder J.S. Rupal, Mr. Hardik Rupal and Ms. Aishwarya Malhotra, Advocates for DU. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN PRATEEK JALAN, J (ORAL) 1. The petitioner was appointed as a Junior Assistant-cum-Typist in respondent No. 1 – Janki Devi Memorial College [“the College”] on 03.12.1990, and was subsequently promoted to the post of Assistant in 2004. 2. The present writ petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution, arises from her grievance that she was not promoted to the post of Senior Assistant, in accordance with the Recruitment Rules (Non-Teaching Employees), 2008 [“Recruitment Rules”], issued by respondent No. 2 – University of Delhi [“the University”]. 3. I have heard Ms. Rashmi B. Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Mr. Girindra Kumar Pathak, learned counsel for the College. 4. The Recruitment Rules provided f

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