$~74 & 75 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 14385/2021 & CM APPL. 45348/2021 SUMIT KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Amit Dubey, Mr. Sarthak Dubey, Ms. Nikita Motwani, Advs.

versus UNION OF INDIA THROUGH DIRECTOR GENERAL RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE .....Respondent Through: Ms. Nidhi Raman, CGSC with Mr. Akash Mishra & Mr. Arnav Mittal, Advs.

+ W.P.(C) 11570/2022 VIPIN KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Amit Dubey, Mr. Sarthak Dubey, Mr. Sparsh Jain, Advs.

versus UNION OF INDIA THROUGH DIRECTOR GENERAL RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE .....Respondent Through:

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL)

% 08.10.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J.

1. The writ petitioners in these petitions are Constables in the Railway Protection Force¹. Sumit Kumar, petitioner in WP(C) 14385/2021 is posted at Malda in West Bengal, whereas Vipin Kumar, petitioner in WP(C) 11570/2022 is posted at Bhavnagar in Gujarat.

2. Pooja, the wife of Sumit Kumar, is working as a Teacher in a school run by the State of Uttar Pradesh at Bijnor, whereas Neha Kumari, the wife of Vipin Kumar, is working as an Assistant Teacher in Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh. They are both empl