NIDHI vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

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$~78 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 8853/2023 & CM APPL. 33466/2023 NIDHI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ankur Chhibber, Mr. Anshuman Mehrotra, Mr. Nikunj Arora, Mr. Arjun Panwar, Mr. Amrit Koul, Mr. Prahil Sharma, Ms. Muskaan Dutta and Ms. Anushka Sharma, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, Sr. PC with Ms. Drishti Saraf, Ms. Drishti Rawal, Mr. Sarthak Srivastava and Mr. Mayur Goyal, Advs. for UOI. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT(ORAL) % 03.09.2025 OM PRAKASH SHUKLA, J. 1. The present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed seeking quashing of the impugned letters dated 23.06.2023 and 26.06.2023 issued by the present respondents, wherein it has been concluded that the petitioner has failed to qualify the long jump event in the Limited Departmental Competitive Examination1. The petitioner has sought to assail the said impugned letters as according to her, it has hindered her selection to the rank of Assistant 1 “LDCE”, hereinafter W.P.(C) 8853/2023 Page 1 of 11 Signature Not Verified Signed By:PREETI Signing Date:10.09.2025 10:20:55 Commandant (GD) in the Central Armed Police Forces2. 2. The facts in brief are that an advertisement dated 22.04.2022 was issued by respondents inviting applications from eligible candidates serving as Sub-Inspectors and Inspectors in CAPFs for selection to the rank of Assistant Commandant (GD) through LDCE for vacancies in the years from 2018 till 2022. 3. The above mentioned advertisement stipulated that the selection would be conducted through LDCE, wherein only the candidates who qualify in the written examination (Paper-I and Paper-II) would become eligible for Physical Standard