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Mrs. Meenakshi Khare and Ors. v. Directorate of Education and Ors.

Delhi HC21 Nov 2025W.P.(C)/1280/2019

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What is this about?

Writ petition by school staff/parents sought reopening of admissions, prevention of school closure, takeover of management, and payment of salary arrears. Prayers (i)-(iii) stood satisfied; for salary arrears the court granted liberty to approach the appropriate forum and disposed of the petition.

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Liberty to pursue salary/benefit claims before appropriate forum; no other relief as remaining prayers satisfied.

Mrs. Meenakshi Khare and Ors. Vs Directorate of… — Education and Admissions | Delhi HC (2025)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- W.P.(C) 1280/2019 and CM APPL. 6092/2024

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MRS. MEENAKSHI KHARE AND ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Pawanjit Singh Bindra, Senior Advocate with Mr. Vinayak Marwah, Advocate.

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versus

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DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Dhruv Rohatgi, Ms. Chandrika Sachdev and Mr. Dhruv Kumar, Advocates for GNCTD.

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Mr. T.P. Singh, Senior Central Govt. Counsel for R4.

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Mr. Vikram Jetly, CGSC with Ms. Shreya Jetly, Advocate for R3 and R4.

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CORAM:

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HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI SINGH

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O R D E R % 21.11.2025

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This writ petition is filed on behalf of the Petitioners under Article

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226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following reliefs:-

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“(i) MANDAMUS directing, commanding and requiring the Management of Respondent No.3 School to open admission for children for Academic Session 2019-20.

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ii) PROHIBITION restraining Respondents from closing down the Respondent No.3 School

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(iii) MANDAMUS directing, commanding and requiring the Respondents 1 and 2 to take over the Management of Respondent No.3 School.

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(iv) MANDAMUS directing, commanding and requiring the Management of Respondent No.3 School to forthwith pay to the Petitioners arrears of Salaries and benefits accrued therefrom.

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(v) Grant such other, further relief/s in the facts and circumstances of the

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W.P.(C) 1280/2019

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This is a digitally signed order.

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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 17/12/2025 at 13:13:47

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case as this Hon'ble Court may deem just and equitable in favour of the Petitioners.”

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Indisputably, reliefs claimed in prayer (i) to (iii) stand satisfied, accordingly no further order is required to be passed in this writ petition.

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Nonetheless insofar as reliefs claimed in prayer (iv) as also in CM APPL. 6092/2024 are concerned, wherein Petitioners seek their salaries, emoluments, arrears of salaries and other service benefits, liberty is granted to take recourse to appropriate remedies before the appropriate forum.

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Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of along with pending application.

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JYOTI SINGH, J

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NOVEMBER 21, 2025/YA

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W.P.(C) 1280/2019

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This is a digitally signed order.

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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 17/12/2025 at 13:13:47

Mrs. Meenakshi Khare and Ors. v. Directorate of Education and Ors.

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