$~118 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 16872/2025 and CM APPL.69396/2025 BHAGAT CIS LTD & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. R.K. Bharani and Mr. Ashish Bharani, Advocates. versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Pritish Sabharwal, SPC for UoI alonwith Mr. M. Khan and Ms. Astha Jain, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA % 12.11.2025 O R D E R 1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioners seeking the following prayers: “a. Issue a writ of Certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order, or direction, quashing the oral and arbitrary debarments, refusals, and non- consideration of the petitioners’ applications for participation in forthcoming trade fairs and expos, including the India International Trade Fair 2025 scheduled from 14 November 2025; b. Issue a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order, or direction, directing the Respondent to accept and consider the petitioners’ applications in accordance with law and allow their participation in the said and future fairs, subject to normal eligibility conditions; c. Direct the Respondent to frame and publish transparent guidelines mandating computerized draws of lots for all future allotments to ensure fairness and equality in selection; d. Direct that no debarment or exclusion shall be imposed without issuing a written, reasoned order after providing due opportunity of hearing to the concerned party; e. Direct constitution of an independent Grievance Redressal Committee under the Ministry of Textiles to examine complaints of favoritism and 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 14/11/2025 at 12:15:10 ensure compliance with statutory norms; f. Pass such other and further orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the interest of justice.” 2. After some hearing, it is agreed that the petitioners’ application for participation/allotment of stalls in the forthcoming trade fairs, including India International Trade Fair (IITF) 2025 scheduled from 14.11.2025, shall be considered on priority, and if feasible, the petitioners shall be accommodated. Let the requisite decision be taken on priority. Till the same is done, the respondents shall not make any allotment to any other party/applicant. 3. In case, the petitioners are not accommodated, the rationale thereof and the applicable policy on the basis of which the stalls are allotted, as also the manner of working out inter-se priority, shall be duly provided to the petitioners. The same shall be subject to the legal rights and remedies of the petitioners. 4. The present petition stands disposed of in the above terms. Pending application also stands disposed of. 5. Let a copy of this order be given dasti under the signatures of the Court Master. SACHIN DATTA, J NOVEMBER 12, 2025/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 14/11/2025 at 12:15:10