SUMIT SHARMA vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

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$~51 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 2679/2022 SUMIT SHARMA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Arvind Kumar Shukla, Ms. Neena Shukla, Ms. Surbhi Khanna, Mr. Sanskar Krishnan, Mr. Mayank Chaturvedi Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr Rishabh Sahu, SPC with Mr. Sameer Sharma, Mr. Vikash Chauhan and Mr. Yogesh, Advs. Major Anish Muralidhar (Army) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 10.10.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. The petitioner seeks to be enrolled in the Indian Army. His candidature for enrolment stands cancelled by the Directorate General of Recruiting, Integrated HQ of MoD (Army). Aggrieved thereby, the petitioner has instituted the present writ petition before this Court. 2. The petitioner submits that the Army Recruitment Rally which had to be undertaken by him for the purposes of enrolment was successfully undertaken on 20 October 2019. Thereafter, his biometric registration was carried out and he was allotted RMDS Number 6193. Signature Not Verified W.P.(C) 2679/2022 Page 1 of 5 Signed By:GUNN Signing Date:13.10.2025 18:40:08 He also qualified in the physical fitness test and physical measurement test and was declared medically fit for recruitment. He was scheduled to appear, thereafter, in the Common Entrance Examination, which was to take place on 19 January 2020. 3. Mr. Arvind Kumar Shukla, learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the Common Recruitment Examination was also undertaken by the petitioner. 4. The respondent, thereafter, cancelled the petitioner’s candidature on the ground that he had submitted a domicile certificate dated 3 July 2017, issued by the Office of the Jan Seva Kendra, Khurjha, Uttar Pradesh, but that, on verification from th