HIMANSHU CHAUBE vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

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$~9 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision : 19.02.2026 + LPA 789/2025 & CM APPL. 81565/2025 HIMANSHU CHAUBE .....Appellant Through: Mr. Babul Kumar, Advocate. Versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Anshuman, SPC with Mr. Rahul Kumar Sharma, Advocate for UoI. Mr. Abhishek Gupta, CGSC with Mr. Kumar Kartikeya and Mr. Chanakya Kene, Advocates for ONGC. CORAM: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA TEJAS KARIA, J. (ORAL) 1. This Letters Patent Appeal has been filed by the Appellant against the Judgment and Order dated 15.10.2025 (“Impugned Judgment”) passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in W.P.(C) No. 10382/2025 (“Writ Petition”), whereby the Writ Petition filed by the Appellant seeking a direction to the Respondents to appoint him to the post of Junior Scientific Assistant (Geophysics–S) (“JSA F-1 Post”) under Advertisement No. 2/2022 (R&P) was dismissed. 2. The brief facts leading to the filing of the present Appeal are as under: 2.1. The Respondent–Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (“ONGC”) issued an Advertisement No. 2/2022 (R&P) dated 07.05.2022, Signature Not Verified Signed By:NEELAM LPA 789/2025 Page 1 of 8 SHARMA Signing Date:25.02.2026 15:18:25 inviting applications for various junior level non‑executive posts, including one unreserved vacancy for the post of JSA F-1 in the Dehradun region. 2.2. The Appellant applied pursuant to the Advertisement and was issued an admit card to appear in the written examination held on 28.07.2022 at Haldwani, District Nainital, Uttarakhand. 2.3. The Appellant participated in the examination and secured 77.90 marks, obtaining second position in the merit list and being placed as waiting list candidate no. 1. He was, thereafter, called for document verification