PRAVEEN SINGH CHAUHAN SECURITY AGENCY PVT. LTD. vs GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

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$~196 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 12.05.2026 + W.P.(C) 6316/2026, CM APPL. 30971/2026 and CM APPL. 30972/2026 PRAVEEN SINGH CHAUHAN SECURITY AGENCY PVT. LTD. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Prashant Mehta, Ms. Ishta Choudhary and Ms. Prachi Mehta, Advs. versus GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Avnish Ahlawat, SC along with Mr. Anubhav Gupta, Mr. Kartik Sharma, Mr. Nitesh Kumar Singh, Ms. Aliza Alam and Mr. Mohnish Sehrawat, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN J U D G M E N T (ORAL) ANIL KSHETARPAL, J.: 1. The Petitioner, which is engaged in the business of providing security manpower services, including deployment of Security Guards and Security Supervisors, has filed the present Writ Petition praying, inter alia, for issuance of appropriate directions to stay the bidding process pursuant to tender dated 01.04.2026 bearing Bid No. GEM/2026/B/7397141 floated by Respondent No.2 for providing Security & Manpower Services and for consequential directions to Signature Not Verified Signed By:JAI NARAYAN Signing Date:14.05.2026 W.P.(C) 6316/2026 Page 1 of 5 16:37:33 revise and rectify the categorization of Security Supervisors and Security Guards under the Impugned Notice Inviting Tender. 2. The grievance raised by the Petitioner in the present proceedings is that the Respondents, while issuing the impugned tender, have categorized Security Supervisors under the “Semi- Skilled” category and Unarmed Security Guards under the “Unskilled” category, which according to the Petitioner is contrary to the notification dated 19.01.2017 issued by the Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India. 3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Petitioner submits that in terms of th