W.P.(C) 12336/2024 $~112 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 12336/2024 DINESH SHARMA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sarfaraz Khan, Mr. Mirza Amir Baig & Mr. Abdul Wahid, Advocates. versus RAMJAS SCHOOL AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Puneet Mittal, Senior Advocate with Mr. Rupandra Pratap Singh & Mr. L.K. Chawla, Advocates for R-1 to 3. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN O R D E R % 31.01.2025 CM APPL. 73561/2024 (early hearing) This is an application for early hearing of the writ petition. With the consent of Mr. Sarfaraz Khan, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Mr. Puneet Mittal, learned Senior Counsel for the parties, the application is allowed, and the writ petition is taken up for hearing. W.P.(C) 12336/2024 1. The petitioner assails a decision of the review Departmental Promotion Committee [“DPC”] dated 13.07.2023, by which his candidature for appointment as the Principal of respondent No. 1- School was rejected. 2. Although learned counsel for the petitioner raises several factual and legal grounds of challenge, I am informed that the petitioner is retiring upon superannuation today. Therefore, even if he succeeds in the writ petition, the implication of his appointment as the Principal of the School would be financial only. 3. A consensus has emerged in the course of hearing between Mr. This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 03/02/2025 at 12:37:42 W.P.(C) 12336/2024 Sarfaraz Khan and Mr. Puneet Mittal upon instructions from their clients, who are present in Court, which is in the following terms:- A. The parties will make an attempt to settle their dispute through mediation. For this purpose, they are referred to Samadhan, Delhi High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre, Shershah Road, New Delhi- 110503 [“Samadhan”]. The parties will appear before the mediator on 06.02.2025. They may request the Organizing Secretary, Samadhan for appointment of a senior mediator, if available. B. In the event the parties are unable to arrive at a settlement, the respondents do not propose to rely upon the impugned review DPC dated 13.07.2023, and will conduct a fresh review DPC, in compliance with the direction of the Court dated 08.02.2023 in W.P.(C) 1253/2017. The said review DPC will be conducted within a period of 8 weeks after the closure of mediation proceedings. C. It is made clear that this order does not come in the way of the respondents filling the vacancy in the office of the Principal, in accordance with law. 4. The writ petition is disposed of with these directions. PRATEEK JALAN, J JANUARY 31, 2025/‘pv/JM’ This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 03/02/2025 at 12:37:42