CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION vs SUYASH KUMAR AWASTHI AND ORS

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 20.04.2026 Date of decision: 05.05.2026 + W.P.(C) 5175/2026, CM APPL. 25342/2026 & CM APPL. 25343/2026 CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION .....Petitioner Through: Mr. MA Niyazi, SC with Ms. Anamika Ghai, Ms. Kirti, Ms. Nehmat, Mr.Adnan, Advs. versus SUYASH KUMAR AWASTHI AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Nitish Kumar, Mr. Amit Kumar, Mr.Shashank, Advs. for R-1,2. Ms. Avshreya Pratap Singh, CGSC with Mr. Ankit Khatri, Ms. Nyasa Sharma, Ms.Usha Jamnal, Advs. Mr. Rohan Tripathi, GP for UoI. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIVEK CHAUDHARY HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RENU BHATNAGAR JUDGMENT 1. The present petition under Article 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, assails the interim Order dated 15.04.2026, passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal (“Tribunal”) in O.A. No. 1260 of 2026, titled as Suyash Kumar Awasthi &Anr. vs. Union of India and Anr., (“Impugned Order”) whereby Respondent Nos. 1 and 2 were permitted to provisionally Signature Not Verified Signed By:PRATIBHA KUMARI Signing Date:05.05.2026 00:40:02 W.P.(C) 5175/2026 Page 1 of 9 appear in Tier-II Examination for the post of Assistant Secretary under Direct Recruitment Quota Examination-2026 (“DRQ 2026”), to be held on 18.04.2026. 2. Briefly stated, the petitioner issued a recruitment notification dated 02.12.2025 for various posts including Assistant Secretary under DRQ-2026, prescribing a two-tier examination process, wherein candidates qualifying Tier- I would be eligible to appear in Tier-II. 3. The Tier-I examination was conducted on 31.01.2026, and the provisional answer key was uploaded on 11.02.2026, with a window from 12.02.2026 to 14.02.2026 for raising objections upon payment of the prescribed fee. The result of Tier-I was declared on 02.03