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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

+ W.P.(C) 19132/2025 and CM APPL. 81175/2025

MONU SHARMA AND ORS .....Petitioners

Through: Mr. Ankur Chhibber, Mr. Nikunj Arora and Mr. Prahil Sharma,

Advocates

versus

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents

Through: Mr. Balendu Shekhar, CGSC Mr. Rajkumar Maurya, Mr. Krishna Chaitanya and Mr. Divyansh Singh Dev,

Advocates CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA

JUDGMENT (ORAL)

% 22.12.2025

C. HARI SHANKAR, J.

1. This writ petition assails the following order dated 28 April 2025, issued by the National Disaster Response Force¹ of the Ministry

of Home Affairs:

“ORDER

The 14^th, 15^th & 16^th NDRF Bns are newly raised Battalions

in NDRF and initially, the officer/personnel were inducted in these battalions in bulk numbers. After completion of deputation tenure of seven years, all the initially inducted officer/personnel will have to be repatriated to their parent organization in one go, which will adversely affect the functionality and operational efficiency of

these battalions.

2. In view of above, DG NDRF has approved the following initial turnaround operation in respect of officer/personnel of 14^th 15^th & 16^th Bns NDRF