$~J * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Pronounced on: 20.04.2026 + W.P.(C) 16096/2024, CM APPLs.67638/2024 & 20198/2026 GUR KAUR MINOR & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Nandita Rao, Sr. Advocate along with Ms. Mrinalini Sen, Ms. Aditi Singh, Mr. Karan Mishra and Mr. Ankur Raghav, Advocates.

versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Arunima Dwivedi, CGSC along with Mr. Akash Pathak, GP, Ms. Swati, Ms. Himanshi Singh and Ms. Monalisa Pradhan, Advocates for R-1 & R-2. CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA

JUDGMENT

1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioners seeking the following prayers:

“(i) Pass a Writ, Order, or Direction in Mandamus and direct the Respondent No.2 to issue NOC to the Petitioners herein as stipulated in Regulation 67(3) of the Adoption Regulations, 2022; and (ii) Pass a Writ, Order, or Direction in Mandamus and direct Respondent No. 2 provide a copy of the NOC to the Foreign Adoption Agency and change the status of Petitioner No. 1’s Application bearing no.

RCAN201906122785 on the portal; and (iii) Pass a Writ, Order, or Direction in Mandamus and declare the actions of the Respondent No.2 in issuing a Support Letter i