UNION OF INDIA & ANR. vs SWARAJ KR GAYEN & ANR.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Decided on: 13.10.2025 W.P.(C) 1549/2021 & & CM APPL. 4441/2021 UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Subhash Tanwar, Mr. Naveen, Mr. Sandeep Mishra, Mr. Harshit Deshwal, Advocates. versus SWARAJ KR GAYEN & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Roma Bhagat, Mr. Rohan Sharma, Ms. Ruchika Sharma, Mr. Abhigyan Dwivedi, Advocates. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN PRATEEK JALAN, J (ORAL) 1. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner-Union of India [“UOI”], against an order dated 12.10.2020 passed by the Court of Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities [“PwD”], on a complaint filed by respondent No. 1 herein [“the complainant”]. 2. The complaint arose in the context of a recruitment notification dated 10.02.2018 issued by the Railway Recruitment Board, Ministry of Railways, Government of India. The said advertisement was for several posts in Group C and Group D under various regional Railway units. The petitioner applied for appointment as a PwBD [Orthopedically Handicapped] candidate, in the demographic category of Scheduled Caste, under the vacancies reserved for Eastern Railways. 3. The said recruitment pro