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2025 Supreme(Online)(Del) 7291

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
NAVIN CHAWLA, MADHU JAIN, JJ
MUNNA LAL YADAV – Appellant
Versus
DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES & ORS. – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Praful Shukla, Mr. Vipin Shukla
For the Respondents: Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Mr. Jatin Puniyani, Ms. Jyotsna Vyas, Ms. Ruchita Srivastava, Ms. Amisha P. Dash, Mr. Rajiv Kapur, Mr. Akshit Kapur, Ms. Riya Sood, Mr. Shobit Mehrotra, Mr. Sachin Kumar Gupta

NAVIN CHAWLA, J.

1. This petition has been filed praying for the following reliefs:

“a. Hold and declare Rule 16 of the SBI Officers Services Rules, 1992 as illegal and unconstitutional to the extent that it treats PwDs at par with the general candidates;

b. Hold and declare Rule 16 of the SBI Officers Services Rules, illegal and unconstitutional for being arbitrary, vague and being discretionary in nature;

c. Hold and declare Rule 16 of the SBI Officers Services Rules, unconstitutional for being violative of Articles 14, 16, 19 and 21 of the Constitution;

d. Hold and declare ‘right to access to opportunity’ as an essential and integral right part of Article 21 of the Constitution of India;

e. Set-aside the termination of the Petitioner by quashing the Termination Letter dated 2nd May 2018 as issued by the Respondent No. 3 for being violative of Articles 14, 16, 19(1)(g) and 21 of the Constitution and reinstate the Petitioner with all benefits and arrears of payment; OR

f. Issue a writ of mandamus to the Respondent No. 3 and 4 thereby directing them to identify and reserve in terms of Sections 3 3 and 34 of the RPwD Act a minimum of 4% of total number of vacancies of the cadre strength

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