PRAVIN GUPTA & ORS vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS

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$~112 & 113 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 8679/2018, CM APPL. 65151/2025, CM APPL. 65152/2025, CM APPL. 65153/2025, CM APPL. 65154/2025 & REVIEW PET. 522/2025 PRAVIN GUPTA & ORS .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Sidra Khan and Ms. Amna Darakhshan, Advocates. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS .....Respondents Through: Ms. Avshreya Pratap Singh Rudy, CGSC with Ms. Usha Jamnal and Mr. Mohammad Junaid Mahmood, Advocates. Ms. Zehra Khan and Ms. Ravicha Sharma, Advocates for R-3. + W.P.(C) 3236/2024, CM APPL. 65129/2025, CM APPL. 65130/2025, CM APPL. 65131/2025, CM APPL. 65132/2025 & REVIEW PET. 521/2025 SUNIL KUMAR & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Bharat Gupta, Ms. Varisha Sharma and Mr. Swapnil Shukla, Advocates. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Garvil Singh, GP. Mr. P S Singh, CGSC with Mr. Kumar Saurabh, Advocate for UOI. Ms. Zehra Khan and Ms. Ravicha Sharma, Advocates for R-3. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 15.10.2025 Signature Not Verified Signed By:PREETI W.P.(C) 8679/2018 & conn. Page 1 of 3 Signing Date:17.10.2025 19:39:19 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. These review petitions are predicated on the ground that all the petitioners were not appointed consequent to the advertisement dated 15 September 1987. This contention is squarely in the teeth of the submissions contained in para 1(a) of the written submissions filed under cover of an index dated 28 February 2023, which reads, thus: “1. That the above case was partly heard, and the Hon'ble Court directed the answering respondent to produce record of the relevant pension scheme and regarding employees of APEDA joining EPFO. Accordingly, following submissions are made: - (a) APEDA had released an advertisement dated 1