$~76 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 1106/2026 & CM APPL. 5443/2026 KULDEEP KUMAR AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Yash Vardhan Singh and Ms.

Deepti Ahuja, Advocates.

versus DELHI POWER COMPANY LIMITED (DPCL) AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sushil Pandey, SPC with Mr.

Sharves Srivastv and Mr. Shivam Singh, Advocates for R-1.

Mrs. Avnish Ahlawat, SC (GNCTD) with Ms. Aliza Alam and Mohnish Sehrawat, Advocates for R-1.

Mr. Sandeep Sethi, Senior Advocate with Mr. Anupam Varma, Mr. Nikhil Sharma, Ms. Simran Kohli and Ms.

Shivali Rawat, Advocates for R2-11.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA

O R D E R

% 27.01.2026

1. This petition has been instituted jointly by seven Petitioners. Each Petitioner assails a separate memorandum/charge-sheet, issued at different points of time, ranging from November 2013 to March 2025. The relief sought is framed as a writ of mandamus for quashing the disciplinary proceedings, the impugned memoranda/charge-sheets, and Notification No. HR(BYPL)/2024-25/01 dated 1^st April, 2024. The principal ground urged is that the charge-sheets were issued without the approval of the President of India, or of an authority duly empowered by the Pr