SARITA KHATRI & ORS vs GOVT. OF NCTD & ORS

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$~8 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 23.09.2025 + W.P.(C) 4292/2016 SARITA KHATRI & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. A.K. Behra, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Amarendra P.Singh, Adv. versus GOVT. OF NCTD & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mrs. Avnish Ahlawat, SC, GNCTD Services with Mr. Nitesh Kumar Singh, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MADHU JAIN NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL) 1. This petition has been filed by the petitioners, challenging the Order dated 18.05.2015 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the 'Tribunal') in C.P. No. 416/2014 in O.A. No.1360/2012, titled Sarita Khatri & Ors v. Govt. Of NCTD & Ors., as well as the Order dated 15.03.2016 passed by the learned Tribunal in O.A. No. 949/2016, titled Sarita Khatri & Ors v. Govt. Of NCTD & Ors., whereby the O.A filed by petitioners herein was dismissed. 2. To give a brief background of the facts from which the present petition arises, the petitioners had filed O.A. No.1360/2012, contending therein that a total of 88 posts of Supervisor (Female) in Signature Not Verified Signed By:RENUKA W.P.(C) 4292/2016 Page 1 of 14 NEGI Signing Date:26.09.2025 19:20:23 the Social Welfare Department of the respondents had been advertised on 17.08.2007. The petitioners, after undergoing a recruitment process consisting of an interview, had been appointed to the said post by the respondents. Though the initial appointment of the petitioners was for a period of six months, they continued to serve with the department uninterruptedly thereafter. By placing reliance on the Office Memorandum dated 23.05.2011, it was further contended that, having rendered more than three years of service, they were entitled to conversion f