JUDGMENT :

Ashok Bhushan, J.

Leave granted.

2. The contesting respondent Nos. 1 and 2 having appeared through caveat, we have heard counsel for the parties and proceed to decide the matter finally.

3. Union of India and Central Adoption and Resources Agency, Ministry of Women & Child Development is in appeal questioning the Division Bench judgment dated 04.09.2018 in Writ Appeal No. 2259 of 2018 and Writ Appeal No. 2675 of 2018. Two other appeals have been filed by two other appellants questioning a common order dated 04.09.2018 passed by the High Court in C.C.C. No. 1690 of 2018 and C.C.C. No. 1691 of 2018.

4. We first take the Civil Appeal filed against the Division Bench judgment in Writ Appeal No. 2259 of 2018 and Writ Appeal No. 2675 of 2018. The brief facts giving rise to the appeal as has been noted by the Division Bench of the High Court are to the following effect:-

4.1 That after completing his studies from the Indian Institute of Technology and India Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, in the year 2000, Mr. Ankur Gupta, the respondent No. 1 migrated to United State of America (USA for short). In 2004, Ms. Geetika Agarwal, the respondent No. 2 went to USA for her Ph.D. During t