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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
PRATEEK JALAN
Mohan Lal Besarwadiya – Appellant
Versus
Reserve Bank Of India – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
PRATEEK JALAN, J.
CM APPL. 45654/2025 (Exemption)
Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions.
The application stands disposed of.
W.P.(C) 11097/2025 & CM APPL. 45655/2025 (for direction)
1. Issue notice. Mr. Ramesh Babu, learned counsel, accepts notice on behalf of respondent No. 1 – The Reserve Bank of India [“RBI”]. Mr. Ravi Kant Srivastava, learned Senior Panel Counsel, accepts notice on behalf of the Union of India.
2. There are four petitioners in this writ petition, who all are serving at the level of Assistant Commandant/Deputy Commandant in various Central Armed Police Forces [“CAPF”], with more than ten years of service. They assail an advertisement issued by RBI in July 2025, by which eligibility conditions for the post of Assistant Manager (Protocol and Security) have been limited to ex-servicemen of the regular Army, Navy, and Air Force.
3. The very same issue came up for consideration in a writ petition filed by a similarly placed officer in the Border Security Force [“BSF”]. By a judgment dated 28.07.2025 in W.P.(C) 10662/2025 [Vikash Kumar vs. Reserve Bank of India Through Its General Manager & Anr.], this Court held as follows:
“6. Mr. Babu submits that th
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