Vikas Kumar vs Union of India

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DELHI HIGH COURT
SURESH KUMAR KAIT, SAURABH BANERJEE
Vikas Kumar – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent

Table of Content
1. petitioner's request based on wife's illness. (Para 1)
2. liberty granted for fresh representation. (Para 2)
3. decision on representation to be made within two weeks. (Para 3)
4. petition disposed; future recourse available. (Para 4 , 5)

JUDGMENT (Oral)

1. By way of the present petition, petitioner seeks issuance of a writ of certiorari quashing order dated 28.06.2022 issued by the respondents and a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to post him to Headquarters, Director General Border Roads (HQ DGBR), New Delhi on compassionate grounds of serious illness of his wife.

2. After some arguments by the learned counsel for the parties, we deem it appropriate to give liberty to the petitioner to make a fresh representation to the respondents to accommodate the petitioner for a limited period.

3. On receipt of the same, the respondents are directed to consider and decide the same within two weeks keeping in view the health condition of wife of the petitioner, on humanitarian grounds.

4. Needless to state that if the petitioner is still aggrieved by the decision of the respondents, he may challenge the same before the appropriate forum.

5. The petition is

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