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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
C.HARI SHANKAR, OM PRAKASH SHUKLA
Mohit Kumar – Appellant
Versus
Union Of India – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
C. HARI SHANKAR, J.
1. This is a batch of six writ petitions. There has been no representation, before us, of the petitioners in WP (C) 9254/2020, WP (C) 11859/2021 and WP (C) 1136/2021. As the issues in these writ petitions are cognate, however, we propose to dispose of all the writ petitions by this common judgment, expositing what, in our view, are the principles that apply.
2. Of the petitioners in the remaining three writ petitions, Ms. Priya Hingorani, learned Senior Counsel appears for Petitioner 1 in WP (C) 9253/2020 Mohit Kumar, [“Mohit” hereinafter] and Petitioner 4 in WP (C) 9255/2020 Ritesh Ojha, [“Ritesh” hereinafter], Mr. Avinash appears for Petitioner 10 in WP (C) 9255/2020 Amit Turan, [“Amit” hereinafter] and Mr. Dibyanshu Pandey appears for the petitioner Shanti Raman, [“Shanti” hereinafter] in WP (C) 10338/2020.
3. The issues in controversy are limited.
4. The petitioners in these writ petitions participated in a selection process for recruitment to the post of Assistant Commandant in the Central Armed Police Forces, [“CAPFs” hereinafter], via the CAPF (AC) Examination 2019, pursuant to an advertisement issued by the Union Public Service Commission, [UPSC] o
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