$~22 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 7390/2026& CM APPL. 35941/2026 JAY BAJARANGBALI PRIVATE ITI ....Petitioner Through: versus DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF TRAINING AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Kartik Bhatnagar, CGSC,Mr. Adhiraj Singh, G, Ms. Astha Prasad, Mr. Dinesh Vishwakarma,Advs & Mr. Rajesh, Assistant Director, DGT for R-1 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASMEET SINGH O R D E R % 03.07.2026 1. This is a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following prayers :- “(a) a Civil Writ of Certiorari for seeking quashing of deaffiliation of the Petitioner ITI; as made by the Standing Committee on Accreditation & Affiliation, of the Respondent No.1 in its 22nd Meeting held on 16.06.2025;and communicated vide Letter dated 04.07.2025 of the Respondent No.1; and (b) a Civil Writ of Mandamus for seeking direction to the Respondent No.1 to restore the Affiliation of the Petitioner Institution, with its original Trades and Units forthwith; and (c) a Civil Writ of Mandamus for seeking direction to the 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 14/07/2026 at 11:36:05 Respondent No.1 to activate the “Skill India Digital Hub” [SIDH] portal, pertaining to the Petitioner, enabling it to access the same and perform all activities relating to the Students/Trainees admitted by it for / during the Academic Session 2025-27 i.e. prior to de-affiliation; and (d) a Civil Writ of Mandamus for seeking further consequent direction to both the Respondents, to take all the necessary steps to migrate the aforesaid data from State Council for Vocational Training “SCVT” portal to “SIDH” portal, expeditiously and preferably within a period of one week, so as to enable the Petitioner to download the hall tickets qua the aforesaid Students / Trainees, for appearing in the All India Trade Test-2026. (e) pass any such other or further order(s) or direction(s) or declaration(s) as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit & proper in the facts and circumstances of the instant case and also in the interest of justice.” 2. The facts are that the petitioner is an Industrial Training Institute which was granted affiliation by the respondent on 07.10.2016 in the trades of Electrician (6 units) and Fitter (6 units). 3. On 24.05.2019, the petitioner was disaffiliated without assigning any reasons. Thereafter, the petitioner filed writ petition challenging both the orders of the disaffiliation and the subsequent writ petition stating that the application for shifting of the petitioner was not considered. 4. Accordingly, Orders were passed in the writ petitions and after joint inspection of the petitioner institute, the respondent has passed the 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 14/07/2026 at 11:36:05 impugned order disaffiliating the petitioner in its 22nd meeting held on 16.06.2025. 5. Mr. Bhatnagar, learned CGSC, appearing for respondent No. 1 states that the petitioner was given adequate opportunity to make good the deficiency and only when the petitioner could not do so, the affiliation of the petitioner was cancelled at the new site. 6. At this stage, Mr. Sherawat, learned senior counsel states that the petitioner will apply for affiliation for the academic session 2027-28 in accordance with the extant rules and regulation of the respondent. 7. Let the petitioner apply for the same for which the respondent no. 1 shall open the portal from 2 weeks from today for a period of 2 weeks. 8. Since the petitioner is an existing institute, the rules applicable to an existing institute shall be applicable to the petitioner. 9. As far as the 120 students are concerned, the respondent no. 1 shall ensure that the said students are accommodated in the nearby institutes within a period of 4 weeks from today and since the petitioner would be unable to provide a platform for conducting of examination, respondent no. 1 shall ensure that the exam in the form of supplementary exam is organised within a period of 3 months from today to enable the student to clear their first year of vocational training. 10. Respondent No. 2 shall give necessary assistance to respondent No. 1 in this regard. 11. The list of available institutes in the vicinity shall be provided by respondent No. 2 within 2 weeks from the date of communication of the order by respondent No. 1. The petitioner may also assist the respondent No. 1 in the said exercise. 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 14/07/2026 at 11:36:05 12. Since, the petitioner after de-affiliation has continued with the education of the children, the petitioner shall refund the entire fee of the students within a period of 4 weeks from today. 13. The petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. JASMEET SINGH, J JULY 3, 2026/JK 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 14/07/2026 at 11:36:05