$~110 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010410262026 + W.P.(C) 12678/2026 PRAKASH KUMAR SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ankur Agnihotri and Ms. Anjali, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Abhishek Mahajan, SPC with Mr. Vinay Kaushik, Government Pleader for UOI. Ms. Amee Rana, Ms. Radhika Roy and Mr. Divyansh Morolia, Advs. for R-2. CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA O R D E R % 01.09.2026 1. By way of the present writ petition, the petitioner seeks following reliefs: A. Quash and set-aside the Selection Decision II dated 27 August 2026 and dated 06.08.2026 issued by Respondent No.1 or its committees, and any other notification, public announcement or communication issued by any Respondents, or any government authority or ministry on the basis of these decisions. B. Direct Respondent No.1 to carry out a fresh selection of the horse rider and reserve rider, based on already submitted results by the competing riders for the Show Jumping competition at the Youth Olympic Games 2026 in accordance with the selection criteria previously published by it on 10 June 2026 and 10 July 2026, inter alia such that consistency of performance based on penalty in the latest competitions is used for ranking the best athlete. 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 07/09/2026 at 14:00:53 C. Declare that the Petitioner is in fact first in the list of riders who qualify as per the selection criteria published by Respondent No.1, and is therefore the selected rider for the Youth Olympic Games 2026. D. Direct all Respondents and any other government authority or ministry involved in the process of selection of riders for the Show Jumpings competition and / or in the process of sending them to the Youth Olympic Games 2026 give effect to the directions of this Hon’ble Court and selection of the Petitioner as the eligible rider. E. Grant ex-parte, ad interim reliefs to give effect to the prayers made above; 31 and or.” 2. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, at this stage, seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the present petition, with liberty to file an appeal before the Grievance Redrassal Appellate Committee. 3. Accordingly, the present petition is dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty as prayed for. 4. It is made clear that upon an appeal before filed before the Grievance Redrassal Appellate Committee, the same will be decided expeditiously and in case of any further grievance, the petitioner is at liberty to approach this Court by way of filing a fresh writ petition. 5. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J SEPTEMBER 01, 2026/A/VS 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 07/09/2026 at 14:00:53