MOHD ANSARI AND ORS vs DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 7th January, 2026. Pronounced on: 10th March, 2026. Uploaded on: 10th March, 2026. W.P.(C) 10830/2020, CM APPL. 33969/2020, CM APPL. 74004/2025 MOHD ANSARI AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Puneet Rathi and Mr. Md. Shahrukh Qureshi, Advocates. Versus DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY .....Respondent Through: Mrs. Avnish Ahlawat, SC for GNCTD with Mr. N.K. Singh, Ms. Aliza Alam and Mr. Mohnish Sehrawat, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA JUDGMENT SANJEEV NARULA, J.: 1. This writ petition, instituted by contractual employees of Delhi Technological University1, invite adjudication on a question that frequently recurs in public employment: whether persons engaged through a public- facing selection process and continued for years together against work of a perennial character can be kept indefinitely on contractual terms, or whether the Constitution’s guarantees under Articles 14 and 16 require the employer to bring such engagements to a lawful closure by regularising eligible 2. The University commenced recruitment for various administrative, ministerial and technical posts from July 2010 onwards. The process was