MS. SHRUTI VYAS & ORS. vs UNION OF INDIA THROUGH & ANR.

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$~72 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 1106/2024 SHRUTI VYAS & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Indra Sen Singh, Mr. Nasir Mohd and Ms. Kaberi Sharma, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA THROUGH & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Chetan Sharma, ASG with Mr. Satya Ranjan Swain, CGSC, Mr Amit Gupta, SPC with Mr. Kautilya Birat, Mr. Ankush Kapoor and Mr. Vishwadeep, Advs. with Major Anish Muralidhar and Capt Carolin Johnson CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 16.09.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. The petitioners are young girls who desire to join as Short- Service Commissioned1 Officers (Non-Tech) in the Indian Army. 2. The Union Public Service Commission2 issued an Examination Notice on 4 August 2021 inviting applications from candidates who desire to join the Army via the Combined Defence Service Examination (II) 20213. Among the posts, to be filled by the CDSE, 1 “SSC” hereinafter 2 “UPSC”, hereinafter 3 “CDSE”, hereinafter Signature Not Verified WP(C) 1106/2024 Digitally Signed By:AJIT Page 1 of 18 KUMAR Signing Date:17.09.2025 12:19:15 were SSC Women (Non-Technical) Posts, to which the petitioners aspire. For recruitment to the SSC, the Examination Notice notified 169 vacancies for men and 16 vacancies for women. 3. The petitioners are seven in number. Of these, Petitioners 5 and 6 have been selected and are presently undergoing training. Mr. Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, therefore, the lis survives only qua Petitioners 1, 2, 3, 4 and 74. 4. The petitioners cleared the examination following their applications for the SSCW (NT)5. The petition also sets out their respective scores in the examination but we do not deem it necessary to make reference thereto. Suffice it, how