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Govt of NCT Delhi and Ors. v. Mohit

Delhi HC9 Dec 2025W.P.(C)/1369/2024

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GNCTD v. Mohit, W.P.(C) 1369/2024, Delhi HC, 09.12.2025, Navin Chawla & Madhu Jain; CAT Principal Bench O.A. 4007/2017 Order dated 11.08.2023 set aside; equivalence of educational qualifications; eligibility clause re-written in Recruitment Rules and Advertisement; UGC AICTE competent institutions; relies on/follows Govt. of NCT Delhi & Ors. v. Arun Singh Bhatti, 2024 SCC OnLine Del 8262; Tribunal Order dated 10.08.2023 in O.A. 2421/2018 (Yogesh Sharma); erroneous issue framed; petition disposed of.

What did the court decide?

The Impugned Order dated 11.08.2023 passed by the learned Tribunal in O.A. No. 4007/2017 is set aside; the petition is disposed of. ¶16

Govt of NCT Delhi and Ors. Vs Mohit — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

The Impugned Order dated 11.08.2023 passed by the learned Tribunal in O.A. No. 4007/2017 is set aside; the petition is disposed of.

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Issue for consideration

Whether the Impugned Order dated 11.08.2023 passed by the Tribunal in O.A. No. 4007/2017, allowing the respondent's O.A., could be sustained.

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Court's answer

Keeping in view the findings in this Court's earlier decision in Govt. of NCT Delhi & Ors. v. Arun Singh Bhatti, 2024 SCC OnLine Del 8262, the Court is unable to sustain the Impugned Order passed by the learned Tribunal; the same is accordingly set aside.

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Ratio / Principle

Ground relied upon (established in this Court's earlier decision in Arun Singh Bhatti, 2024 SCC OnLine Del 8262): courts cannot declare on equivalence of educational qualifications; the same must be considered by competent institutions/organisations such as UGC, AICTE.

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Key takeaways

Ground relied upon (as found in Arun Singh Bhatti, supra): the learned Tribunal had, in fact, re-written the eligibility clause in the Recruitment Rules and the Advertisement.ratio¶14
Ground relied upon (as held in Arun Singh Bhatti, supra): the learned Tribunal had, in fact, framed an erroneous issue for determination in the Impugned Order therein.ratio¶14

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Delhi High Court (Navin Chawla & Madhu Jain, JJ.), W.P.(C) 1369/2024 — Govt of NCT Delhi & Ors. v. Mohit, order dated 09.12.2025: Petitioners challenged the Order dated 11.08.2023 of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi in O.A. No. 4007/2017 (Mohit v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi Through its Secretary & Ors.), which had allowed the respondent's O.A. in terms of the Tribunal's earlier Order dated 10.08.2023 in O.A. No. 2421/2018 (Yogesh Sharma & Ors. v. GNCT of Delhi & Ors.). Following this Court's decision in Govt. of NCT Delhi & Ors. v. Arun Singh Bhatti, 2024 SCC OnLine Del 8262 — wherein the Tribunal's Order of even date was set aside on the grounds that courts cannot declare on equivalence of educational qualifications (a matter for competent institutions/organisations such as UGC, AICTE), that the Tribunal had re-written the eligibility clause in the Recruitment Rules and the Advertisement, and that the Tribunal had framed an erroneous issue for determination — the Court held itself unable to sustain the Impugned Order and set it aside, disposing of the petition.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- W.P.(C) 1369/2024

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GOVT OF NCT DELHI AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr.Gaurav Dhingra and Mr.Shashank Singh, Advs.

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versus

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MOHIT .....Respondent Through: None CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MADHU JAIN O R D E R % 09.12.2025

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CM APPL. 5637/2024 (Exemption)

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Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

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W.P.(C) 1369/2024

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This petition has been filed by the petitioners challenging the Order dated 11.08.2023 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the, ‘Tribunal’) in O.A. No. 4007/2017, titled Mohit v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi Through its Secretary & Ors. , allowing the O.A. filed by the respondent herein in terms of its earlier Order dated 10.08.2023 passed in O.A. No. 2421/2018, titled Yogesh Sharma & Ors. v. GNCT of Delhi & Ors. .

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The Order dated 10.08.2023 passed by the learned Tribunal became a subject matter of challenge before this Court in Govt. of NCT Delhi & Ors. v. Arun Singh Bhatti , 2024 SCC OnLine Del 8262.

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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 15/12/2025 at 12:08:00

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This Court in Arun Singh Bhatti (supra), on a detailed consideration of the facts and the submissions, had set aside the Order of the learned Tribunal observing that the Courts cannot declare on equivalence of the educational qualification, and the same must be considered by competent institutions/organisations such as, UGC, AICTE, etc. The Court also found that the learned Tribunal has, in fact, re-written the eligibility clause in the Recruitment Rules and the Advertisement. The Court further held that the learned Tribunal, in fact, had framed an erroneous issue for determination in the Impugned Order therein.

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Keeping in view the above, we are also unable to sustain the Impugned Order passed by the learned Tribunal. The same is, accordingly, set aside.

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The petition is disposed of.

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NAVIN CHAWLA, J

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MADHU JAIN, J

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DECEMBER 9, 2025/sg/ VS

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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 15/12/2025 at 12:08:00

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