SANJAY KUMAR vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 14 July 2025 Pronounced on: 28 October 2025 W.P.(C) 1571/2018 SANJAY KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Vinay Kumar Garg, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Anshuman Mehrotra and Mr. Nikunj Arora, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Sr. PC with Ms. Ojaswini Jain, Adv. for Union of India W.P.(C) 8796/2020, CM APPLs. 3718/2021 & 7089/2021 BRIJESH KUMAR RAI & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Malvika Trivedi, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Kumar Mihir, Mr. Athul Joseph and Ms. Muskan Shayla, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA THROUGH SECRETARY MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Nidhi Raman, CGSC with Mr. Akash Mishra and Mr. Arnav Mittal, Advs. for Union of India Mr. Ankur Chhibber, Adv. for R-31, R-125, R-127, R-162 & R-163 Mr. J. Sai Deepak, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Joby P Varghese, Mr. Navneet Soni, Mr. Aby P Varghese and Ms. Rashi Goyal, Advs. for R- 63 & R-103 1. These writ petitions are concerned with the seniority of Assistant Commandants1 in the Sahastra Seema Bal2. 2. Recruitment Rules governing the seniority of ACs in the SSB were first promulgated in the form of the Special Service Bureau As