J P Private Iti & Anr. Vs Directorate General of Training — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

J P Private Iti & Anr. Vs Directorate General of Training — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Direction to the respondent to expeditiously process the petitioners' pending application dated 10.09.2019 (affiliation of additional 9 (3+3+3) electrician trade units for session 2025-26) as per the laid down procedure, preferably within 16 weeks; any further information/documents to be communicated to the petitioners and furnished by them forthwith.

¶para 7 (¶21)

Issue for consideration

Whether the respondent (Directorate General of Training) should be directed to decide/process the petitioners' pending application dated 10.09.2019 seeking affiliation of additional 9 (3+3+3) units of electrician trade for the academic session 2025-26.

¶para 1 (¶12)

Court's answer

Since the petitioners' application preferred more than 6 years ago remained undecided, the writ petition deserved to be allowed by directing the respondents to expeditiously process the petitioners' application as per the laid down procedure, preferably within a period of 16 weeks.

¶para 4 (¶18)

Ratio / Principle

Given the limited relief sought and the admitted position that the respondent is bound to process every application received by it, no counter affidavit was called for.

¶para 3 (¶14)

Key takeaways

If any further information or documents are required from the petitioners, these will be communicated to them, who will then forthwith furnish the necessary information/documents.ratio¶para 5 (¶19)
The Court expressed no opinion on the merits of the petitioners' claim; if aggrieved by any orders passed by the respondents, the petitioners may seek legal recourse as permissible in law.obiter¶para 6 (¶20)

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Delhi High Court (Dinesh Kumar Sharma, J.; order dated 14.02.2025) disposed of W.P.(C) 1927/2025 filed by J P Private ITI & Anr. seeking a direction to the Directorate General of Training to decide its pending application dated 10.09.2019 for affiliation of additional 9 (3+3+3) units of electrician trade for academic session 2025-26, which had remained undecided for over six years. Holding that the respondent is bound to process every application received and that no counter affidavit was needed for the limited relief sought, the Court directed expeditious processing of the application as per the laid down procedure, preferably within 16 weeks, with any further information/documents to be communicated to and furnished by the petitioners forthwith. The Court expressly expressed no opinion on the merits of the claim, leaving the petitioners free to seek legal recourse against any orders passed by the respondents.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

- W.P.(C) 1927/2025

J P PRIVATE ITI & ANR. .....Petitioners

Through: Mr.Amitesh Kumar, Ms.Priti Kumari and Mr.Mrinal Kishor, Advocates

versus

DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF TRAINING .....Respondent Through: Mr.Neeraj, SPC for UOI with Mr.Vedansh Anand, G.P., Mr.Sachin Saraswat and Mr.Soumyadip Chakraborty, Advocates for UOI

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SHARMA

O R D E R

% 14.02.2025

The petitioners have approached this Court seeking a direction to the respondent to decide its pending application dated 10.09.2019 seeking affiliation of additional 9 (3+3+3) units of electrician trade for the academic session 2025-26.

Issue notice. Learned counsel for respondent accepts notice.

Though learned counsel for the respondent prays for time to file counter affidavit, in my view, in the light of the limited relief being sought by the petitioner and the admitted position that the respondent is bound to process every application received by them, no counter affidavit is called for.

In the light of the admitted position that the petitioners’ application preferred more than 6 years ago remains undecided till date, the writ

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petition deserves to be allowed by directing the respondents to expeditiously process the petitioners’ application as per the laid down procedure and preferably within a period of 16 weeks from today.

In case, any further information or documents are required from the petitioners, the same will be communicated to the petitioners, who will then forthwith furnish the necessary information/documents.

Needless to state this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the petitioners’ claim and in case the petitioners are aggrieved by any orders passed by the respondents, it will be open for them to seek legal recourse, as permissible in law.

The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of in the aforesaid terms.

DINESH KUMAR SHARMA, J

FEBRUARY 14, 2025 Dy/na..

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