$~78 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 1219/2026 & CM APPL. 5952/2026 DR MUKESH KUMAR SHARMA AND ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. A.K. Trivedi, Advocate.

versus GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mrs. Avnish Ahlawat, SC for GNCTD with Mr. N.K. Singh, Ms. Aliza Alam and Mr. Mohnish Sehrawat, Advocates.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA

O R D E R

% 29.01.2026

1. The Petitioners were engaged with Ch. Brahm Prakash Ayurved Charak Sansthan in different capacities, some on regular basis and others on contractual basis. They assail office order dated 31^st December, 2025, whereby the Sansthan has decided to commence recoveries from them. The stated basis for the proposed recoveries is a “special audit” conducted in 2016, which, according to the Respondents, recorded objections pertaining to alleged excess and irregular payments.

2. The impugned order records that the matter was deliberated in a meeting held under the chairmanship of the Director Principal and, pursuant thereto, it was decided to initiate recovery proceedings. The order also refers to the overall amount proposed to be recovered and the mode of monthly deductions. However, it does