BHEEM PRATAP SINGH vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~83 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 14217/2025 and CM APPLs. 58365/2025 and 58366/2025 BHEEM PRATAP SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sandeep Mishra, Mr. Surbhit Nandan, Ms. Nandika Vyas, Mr. Ayush Vardhan. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sahaj Garg, SPC. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 15.09.2025 OM PRAKASH SHUKLA, J. 1. The present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed by the petitioner seeking directions to the respondent; (i) to set aside the rejection order No. E. 32099 dated 11.02.2025 passed by the learned Assistant Inspector General, office of Deputy Inspector general, Central Industrial Security Force1, North East Zone (NEZ) headquarters, Guwahati; (ii) to set aside the Show Cause notices dated 26.07.2024 and 26.12.2024, issued in relation to petitioner’s candidature and; (iii) consequential direction to the respondents to consider the 1 “CISF”, hereinafter Signature Not Verified Signed By:PREETI W.P.(C) 14217/2025 Page 1 of 8 Signing Date:18.09.2025 20:01:00 petitioner fit for the post of Head Constable/GD (Sports Quota). 2. Succinctly, the facts of the case are that the petitioner applied to CISF under the Sports Quota (Boxing; 51 kg category) for Recruitment Year 2023, seeking appointment to the post of Head Constable/GD (Sports Quota). In the Application Form dated 18.11.2023, the petitioner in answer to a query at Serial No.3 relating to the question “Have you ever been convicted by any Court of Law or any other judicial institution?”, answered in negative “NO”. 3. However, it would be significant to note that, prior to the filling of the aforesaid application, an FIR No. 260/2020 dated 16.07.2020 had bee