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2025 DAILYLAW 677 (UTT)

RAJIV GUPTA v. UNION OF INDIA

WPSS/6/2025 · 2025-01-08

Rakesh Thapliyal

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2025:UHC:542 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPSS/6/2025 Hon’ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. 1. Mr. Piyush Garg, learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. Mr. Rajesh Sharma, learned Standing Counsel for Union of India. 3. Mr. Vikas Pande, learned counsel for respondent nos. 2 to 4. 4. By the instant writ petition the petitioners are praying for the following reliefs: (i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the order dated 29.08.2024 (contained as Annexure No. 09 to the writ petition) to the extent that the services of the petitioner have been regularized w.e.f. 31.10.2018 and not from the date of initial appointment of the petitioner and be pleased to modify the same to the extent that the services of the petitioner be directed to be regularized from the date of his initial appointment with all consequential benefits. (ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to regularize the services of the petitioner along with all consequential benefits with effect from initial date of appointment of the petitioner with the respondents. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the issue as raised in this writ petition are in fact covered by the judgment passed by the Coordinate 2025:UHC:542 Bench dated 13.12.2024 in bunch of writ petitions, the leading one is WPSS No. 797 of 2023 ‘Vinay Kumar Sharma vs. Wildlife Institute of India through Director and Others’. 6. Learned counsel for Union of India Mr. Rajesh Sharma as well as learned counsel for rest of the respondents Mr. Vikas Pande, also fairly submits that the issue as raised in this writ petition is squarely covered by the said judgment. 7. In view of the submissions as advanced by the learned counsel for the parties, the present writ petition is disposed of in terms of the judgment dated 13.12.2024 passed in bunch of petitions, the leading one is, WPSS No. 797 of 2023 ‘Vinay Kumar Sharma vs. Wildlife Institute of India through Director and others’. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 08.01.2025 Parul 2025:UHC:542