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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment reserved on: 02.09.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 10.12.2025 + W.P.(C) 8304/2025, CM APPL. 36115/2025 RAGHVENDRA SINGH & ANR. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Saaket Jain, Ms. Shivangi Anand, Mr. Sarthak Kumar Meena and Mr.

Parth Taran Singh, Advs.

versus UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Ravinder Agarwal, Mr. Manish Kumar Singh, Mr. Vasu Agarwal and Mr.

Anand Singh, Advs. for UPSC Mr. Mukul Singh, CGSC with Mr. Aryan Dhaka, Adv. for UOI/R-2 + W.P.(C) 10006/2025, CM APPLs. 41572/2025 & 52108/2025 TEENA CHOUDHARY .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Saurav Agrawal, Mr. Asav Rajan, Mr. Ajay Sharma, Mr. Mayank Biyani, Mr. Akash Saxena, Mr. Devang Shrotriya and Mr. Kashish Chadha, Advs.

versus UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Ravinder Agarwal, Mr. Manish Kumar Singh, Mr. Vasu Agarwal and Mr.

Anand Singh, Advs. for UPSC + W.P.(C) 7137/2024, CM APPL. 29751/2024 MAYUR DASHARATH AUTI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Saaket Jain, Ms. Shivangi Anand, Mr. Sarthak Kumar Meena and Mr.

Parth Taran Singh, Advs.

versus UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION .....Respondent Through: Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Ravinder Agarwal, Mr. Manish Kumar Singh, Mr. Vasu Agarwal and Mr.

Anand Singh, Advs. for UPSC Mr. Akash Vajpai, Adv.

+ W.P.(C) 3076/2025, CM APPL. 14517/2025 CHETAN P BAWANE .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Pankaj Mehta, Ms. Shweta Soni, Ms. Akansha Singh and Mr. Apaar Puri, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Akash Vajpai, Adv.

Ms. Archana Kumari, Adv.

+ W.P.(C) 3148/2025, CM APPL. 14847/2025 KAMALAKAR SHETIBA GHADAGE .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Pankaj Mehta, Ms. Shweta Soni, Ms. Akansha Singh and Mr. Apaar Puri, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Syed Abdul Haseeb, CGSC with Mr. Wahid Mashaal and Mr. Anisul Haque, GP for UOI + W.P.(C) 6518/2025 SUMER SINGH & ANR. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Saaket Jain, Ms. Shivangi Anand, Mr. Sarthak Kumar Meena and Mr.

Parth Taran Singh, Advs.

versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Ravinder Agarwal, Mr. Manish Kumar Singh and Mr. Vasu Agarwal, Advs.

for UPSC Dr. Vijendra Singh Mahndiyan, CGSC for UOI + W.P.(C) 7043/2025, CM APPL. 31811/2025 MAHIPAL & ORS. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Saaket Jain, Ms. Shivangi Anand, Mr. Sarthak Kumar Meena and Mr.

Parth Taran Singh, Advs.

versus UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION & ANR. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Ravinder Agarwal, Mr. Manish Kumar Singh and Mr. Vasu Agarwal, Advs.

for UPSC + W.P.(C) 7749/2025, CM APPL. 34346/20252025 SAHIL YADAV & ANR. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Saaket Jain, Ms. Shivangi Anand, Mr. Sarthak Kumar Meena and Mr.

Parth Taran Singh, Advs.

versus UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION & ANR. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Ravinder Agarwal, Mr. Manish Kumar Singh and Mr. Vasu Agarwal, Advs.

for UPSC Ms. Mahamaya Chatterjee GP with Mr.

Akash Dubey, Adv. for UOI + W.P.(C) 9701/2025, CM APPL. 55245/2025 SARWAN KUMAR & ORS. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Saaket Jain, Ms. Shivangi Anand, Mr. Sarthak Kumar Meena and Mr.

Parth Taran Singh, Advs.

versus UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION & ORS. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Ravinder Agarwal, Mr. Manish Kumar Singh and Mr. Vasu Agarwal, Advs.

Mr. Rajesh Gogna, CGSC with Ms. Priya Singh GP with Ms. Rebina Rai and Mr.

Shivam Tiwari, Advs. for UOI CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA

JUDGMENT

% 10.12.2025 OM PRAKASH SHUKLA, J.

1. The present batch of writ petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India centers around the same controversy, since all the petitioners herein belonging to the category of Other Backward Class- (Non-Creamy Layer), “OBC-NCL” hereinafter, are aggrieved by the cancellation of thei