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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 17.02.2026 Date of decision: 06.04.2026 + W.P.(C) 12845/2025 SHRI SHASHI SHEKHAR PRASAD .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Apurv Kurup, Sr. Adv. with Mr.

Kanu Agrawal, Ms. Mehak Kumar, Mr. Gaurav Vats, Mr. Akhil Hasija & Ms. Nidhi Mittal, Advs.

versus LOKPAL OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Nishant R. Katneshwarkar with Mr. Vijay Singh Mehra & Mr. Shrirang Katneshwarkar Advs. R-1/

Lokpal of India.

Mr. Anupam S. Sharma, SPP with Mr. Vashisth Rao, Ms. Amisha P. Dash, Ms. Riya Sachdev & Mr.

Deepak Rawat, Advs. for R-2/CBI.

Mr. Premtosh K. Mishra, CGSC with Mr. Shrey Sharma, Mr. Anubhav Upadhyay, Mr. Arpit Bamal, Advs.

for R-3/UoI.

Mr. N. Venkataraman, ASG with Mr. Anurag Ojha, Sr. SC for R-4.

Mr. Abhimanyu Bhandari, Sr. Adv. with Ms. Rooh-e-hin Dua, Mr. Harshit Khanduja, Ms. Shreya Arora, Mr. Ricky Chaudhary and Ms. Aroha Kadyan, Advocates for R-5.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIVEK CHAUDHARY HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RENU BHATNAGAR

J U D G M E N T

1. The Petitioner prays for a writ of certiorari for quashing of the Order dated 24.07.2025 passed by Respondent No.1/The Lokpal of India. By the impugned order, the Lokpal has directed an inve