HARVINDER MALIK vs UNION OF INDIA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY & ORS.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 7020/2024 HARVINDER MALIK .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Krishna Kumar Yadav, Mr. Rahul Yadav and Mr. Aakash Malik, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms Archana Gaur, SPC with Ms Ridhima Gaur and Ms Ring Baliiyan, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA ORDER (ORAL) % 11.09.2025 1. The petitioner was selected as a Constable in the Railway Police Force1 in 2014, admittedly after verification of his documents. 2. Eight years thereafter, following disciplinary proceedings which were instituted against the petitioner, on the basis of a complaint made to the respondent by the petitioner’s estranged wife, the petitioner’s services were dismissed by order dated 11 November 2022 on the ground that he did not possess the prescribed educational qualifications for the post of Constable. Though the order is itself non- speaking, but we may note the charge against the petitioner, as contained in the charge-sheet with which the disciplinary proceedings 1 “RPF” hereinafter 3. We may note, at this juncture, that the use of the expressions “fake educational certificates”, “fraud”