SRIKANTA GORAIN vs UNION OF INDIA & ANR.

$~173 to 180 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 6191/2025 SRIKANTA GORAIN .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Mandeep Baisala and Mr. Kavesh Bidhuri, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Ashok Kashyap, SPC and Mr. Kabir Hazarika, GP 174 W.P.(C) 6238/2025 BIKRAMJIT MONDAL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Mandeep Baisala, Mr. Shobhit Anand, Mr. Kavesh Bidhuri and Mr. Atal Singh, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Jivesh Kumar Tiwari, CGSC with Ms. Samiksha, Adv. 175 W.P.(C) 6434/2025 KULDEEP KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Mandeep Baisala, Mr. Shobhit Anand and Mr. Atal Singh, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sandeep Tyagi, SPC with Mr. Surrender Kumar, Adv. 176 + 1. The petitioners in these writ petitions were appointed as Constable (General Duty) in the Central Industrial Security Force 1. Their appointments were subsequently cancelled, and they were declared unsuitable for recruitment as Constable (GD), on the ground of their prior arraignment in criminal proceedings which had, however, culminated in their acquittal. The legality of this decision is under challenge. The Legal Backdrop