Delhi High Court · 2025-09-11
DR. VIVEK KUMAR MATHUR vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS
- Citation / case number
- W.P.(C)-8536/2025 2025:DHC:8083-DB
- Court
- Delhi High Court
- Petitioner
- DR. VIVEK KUMAR MATHUR
- Respondent
- UNION OF INDIA AND ORS
Judgment text excerpt
IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 8536/2025, CM APPLs. 36984/2025 & 48388/2025 DR. VIVEK KUMAR MATHUR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ankur Chhibber, Mr. Anshuman Mehrotra and Mr. Nikunj Arora, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Siddhartha Shankar Ray, CGSC with Ms. Smritika Kesri, Adv. for UOI CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA ORDER (ORAL) % 11.09.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. The main grievance of the petitioner is that he is the sole caregiver of his aged father who is 90 years old, and that the place at which he has been posted does not have sufficient hospital facilities to take care of his father, though Mr. Siddhartha Shankar Ray, learned CGSC for the respondents disputes this contention. 2. Mr. Ray submits that all the posts sought by the petitioner are filled and there is no suitable place where the petitioner can be posted. He also underscores the legal position that there is no vested right for the petitioner to seek posting at a place where he can take care of his W.P.(C) 8536/2025 3. Legally speaking, Mr. Ray is right. The policy of the CAPF1 contains a provision whereunder, if the s