* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 27^th FEBRUARY, 2023 IN THE MATTER OF:

+ W.P.(C) 11011/2022 & CM APPL. 32617/2022 HARSH AJAY SINGH ..... Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 11012/2022 RAVINDER SINGH SHEKHAWAT ..... Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 11013/2022 MANOHAR LAL SHARMA ..... Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA ..... Respondent + W.P.(C) 11904/2022 COL. AMIT KUMAR ..... Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA ..... Respondent + W.P.(C) 14596/2022 RAHUL R AND ORS ..... Petitioners versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 10023/2022 & CM APPLs. 29204/2022, 32007/2022, 45527/2022 ANUBHAV MISHRA AND ORS ...... Petitioners versus UNION OF INDIA AND ANR ...... Respondents Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:HARIOM + W.P.(C) 10231/2022 & CM APPL. 29537/2022 RAMAVTAR JAT AND ORS ..... Petitioners versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS ...... Respondents + W.P.(C) 10386/2022 YOGESH AND ORS ...... Petitioners versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS ...... Respondents + W.P.(C) 10422/2022 & CM APPLs. 30064/2022, 30065/2022 GOPAL KRISHN & ORS ...... Petitioners versus UNION OF INDIA THROUGH THE DEFENCE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE AND ORS ...... Respondents + W.P.(C) 10748/2022 & CM APPL. 31234/2022 MAHIPAL MUND AND ORS ..... Petitioners versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 10856/2022 & CM APPL. 31580/2022 RAHUL .... Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS ...... Respondents + W.P.(C) 10887/2022 & CM APPL. 31681/2022 ASHWANI SHARMA ..... Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS ...... Respondents + W.P.(C) 11014/2022 & CM APPLs. 32618/2022, 32619/2022 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:HARIOM YOGESH ..... Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ANR ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 12034/2022 & CM APPL. 35984/2022 NARPAT RAM AND ORS ...... Petitioners versus UNION OF INDIA AND ANR. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 13910/2022 ASRID V. AND ORS ..... Petitioners versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 13911/2022 NANDU KRISHNAN R. AND ORS ..... Petitioners versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 13912/2022 JITHIN P.J AND ORS ..... Petitioners versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 13913/2022 HARSH H. S. AND ORS ..... Petitioners versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 15171/2022 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:HARIOM ASILRAJ A. AND ORS ..... Petitioners versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 15174/2022 AMALDEV R.S. AND ORS ...... Petitioners versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS ...... Respondents + W.P.(C) 15319/2022 MOHAMMED SAMEER AND OTHERS ..... Petitioners versus UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 17302/2022 & CM APPL. 55037/2022 WG CDR. PRADEEP KUMAR S PILLAI (RETD.) ..... Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 16695/2022 ABYMON VARGHESE AND ORS ..... Petitioners versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS ..... Respondents MEMO OF APPEARANCE For the Petitioners Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Ms. Alice Raj, Ms. SuroorMander, Advocates in W.P.(C) 10023/2022 Mr. K N Jayasankar, Ms. Beena Nair, Advocates in W.P.(C) Nos.

13910/2022, 13911/2022, 13913/2022, 15171/2022, 15174/2022.

Mr. Ashish Mohan, Mr. Samarth Chaudhary, Advocates in W.P.(C)

Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:HARIOM

10887/2022 Ms. Chhavi Yadav, Mr. Ajit Kakkar, Advocate Mr. Arunava Mukherjee, Advocate in W.P.(C)10422/2022 Ms. Kumud Lata Das, Mr. Manoj Singh, Mr. Manoj Mahaur, Mr. Harsh Ajay Singh, Advocates in W.P.(C) 11011/2022 & W.P.(C) 11014/2022 Mr. Ankur Chhibber, Mr. H S Tiwari, Mr. Anshuman Mehrotra, Mr. Nikunj Arora, Advocates in W.P.(C) 10231/2022 & W.P.(C) 10748/2022 Mr. Dinesh Kr. Goswami, Senior Advocate with Mr. Rohit Pandey, Mr.Vaibhav Maheshwari, Mr. Varad Dwivedi, Ms. Munisha Anand, Mr.Adhyam Gupta, Ms. Nisha Thakur, Advocates in W.P.(C) 11012/2022 Mr. Manohar Lal Sharma, Ms. Suman, Advocates in W.P.(C) 11013/2022 Mr. D.K. Ga