$~4 to 7 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CONT.CAS(C) 1715/2025 and CM APPL.4032/2026 BALRAM JAISWAL .....Petitioner versus MUGDHA SINHA & ANR. .....Respondents 5 + CONT.CAS(C) 1716/2025 and CM APPL.4016/2026 MS VAISHALI SINGH KOSHAL & ANR. .....Petitioners versus MS MUGDHA SINHA & ANR. .....Respondents 6 + CONT.CAS(C) 1720/2025 and CM APPL.4042/2026 VIKASH KUMAR ANAND .....Petitioner versus MS MUGDHA SINHA & ANR. .....Respondents 7 + CONT.CAS(C) 1722/2025 and CM APPL.4043/2026 VEETA SINGH .....Petitioner versus MS MUGDHA SINHA MANAGING DIRECTOR & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Presence: Mr. Sagar Saxena, Mr. Krishnandu Haldar and Mr. Abu Hassan Usmani, Advs. for petitioner in item nos.4, 5, 6 and 7. Mr. Chetan Sharma, ASG, Mr. Amit Gupta, Mr. R. V. Prabhat, Mr. Shubham Sharma, Mr. Yash Wardhan Sharma and Mr. Naman, Advs. for respondent in item nos.4 to 7. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA % 11.03.2026 O R D E R 1. The present petitions have been filed by the petitioners alleging wilful disobedience/non-compliance of the directions contained in the order dated 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 16/03/2026 at 17:11:38 14.07.2025 passed in W.P.(C) 16183/2023 and connected matters. The operative directions therein are as under: “3. The learned senior counsel for the petitioners submits that he has taken instructions and the petitioners would take the relevant ACRs beginning from 2011 into consideration after reviewing the same pursuant to the representations submitted by the respondents, if any, in terms of the impugned order. Wherever the representations, due to some unavoidable reasons like the non-availability of the Reporting Officer, Reviewing Officer or the Accepting Officer, cannot be considered, the said ACR of the respondents shall be ignored from consideration. 4. We direct accordingly. 5. The entire exercise be completed within a period of eight weeks from today. Thereafter, the matter of promotion of the respondents and others will be placed before the Review DPC. The exercise of the Review DPC and consequential orders be completed within a period of twelve weeks from today. 6. As far as the direction of the learned Tribunal that the ACR of ‘Good ’ will be treated as ‘ Very Good ’ or ‘ Very Good’ will be treated as ‘Outstanding’ is concerned, the learned counsel for the respondents, on instructions, submits that this direction shall not be pressed by the respondents. 7. The impugned direction of the learned Tribunal shall stand modified to the above extent. 8. Needless to say, the petitioners shall act in accordance with the Rules. The fact that the respondents have initiated litigation should not come in the way of the respondents or be made part of the consideration by the Review DPC. 9. With the above modification in the impugned directions of the learned Tribunal , the petitions along with the pending applications are disposed of.” 2. It transpires from a perusal of the annexures filed alongwith the CM.APPL. No. 4032/2026 in CONT. CAS (C) 4032/2026 that the exercise contemplated in the aforesaid order was conducted. In particular, reference is apposite to the Order dated 13.12.2025 issued by the India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd. The same reads as under: 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 16/03/2026 at 17:11:38 3. Learned counsel for the respondents emphasises that the aforesaid 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 16/03/2026 at 17:11:38 order has been issued in compliance with the directions contained in the order dated 14.07.2025. 4. In the circumstances, it cannot be said to be any wilful disobedience of the directions contained in the said order dated 14.07.2025. 5. However, learned counsel for the petitioner vehemently contends that there were severe shortcomings in the exercise conducted by the respondents and that the matter has not been considered in the right perspective, and the relevant rules/regulations have also been disregarded. He further submits that even a copy of the proceedings of the Review DPC has not been supplied to the petitioner. 6. The said contentions are disputed by the learned counsel for the respondents. 7. Be that as it may, it shall be open to the petitioner to agitate the aforesaid issue/s by way of availing appropriate remedies under law. 8. With the aforesaid liberty, the present petitions are dismissed. Pending applications also stand disposed of. SACHIN DATTA, J MARCH 11, 2026/at 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 16/03/2026 at 17:11:38