* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 7^th January, 2026.

Pronounced on: 10^th March, 2026.

Uploaded on: 10^th March, 2026.

+ W.P.(C) 10830/2020, CM APPL. 33969/2020, CM APPL.

74004/2025 MOHD ANSARI AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Puneet Rathi and Mr. Md.

Shahrukh Qureshi, Advocates.

Versus DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY .....Respondent 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

JUDGMENT

SANJEEV NARULA, J.:

1. This writ petition, instituted by contractual employees of Delhi Technological University¹, invite adjudication on a question that frequently recurs in public employment: whether persons engaged through a public- facing selection process and continued for years together against work of a perennial character can be kept indefinitely on contractual terms, or whether the Constitution’s guarantees under Articles 14 and 16 require the employer to bring such engagements to a lawful closure by regularising eligible incumbents in accordance with the settled principles. The Petitioners seek a writ of mandamus directing the University to treat them as regular in