PRAVIN GUPTA & ORS vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS

$~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 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 c