$~4 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + LPA 1201/2024 & CM APPL. 72899/2024 GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ORS. .....Appellants Through: Mr. Gaurav Dhingra and Mr.

Shashank Singh, Advocates.

versus N NAGARJUNA RAO & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Padma Kumar Senior Advocate for R-1.

Mr. T. Bhaskar Gowtham, Advocate for R-2.

CORAM:

HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA

O R D E R

% 19.01.2026

1. The present Appeal is filed against the judgment dated 29.05.2024 (“Impugned Judgment”) passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P.(C) 7240/2019 (“Writ Petition”) allowing the Writ Petition in terms of deeming clause in proviso to Rule 114A of the Delhi School Education Rules, 1973 (“DSER”), which provides that if no approval is received from the Director within thirty days, then the approval would be deemed to have been received after the expiry of such a period. The Impugned Judgment also holds that Respondent No. 1 continued in the service with Navodhya Vidyalaya Samiti (“NVS”) on deputation beyond the sanction period of deputation ending on 15.02.1992 and not joining the parent department after the expiry of the deputation period would not attract Rule 12(2) of CCS (Lea