Babloo v. Lieutenant Governor & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Home Guards enrolment GNCTD batch disposal; DG Home Guards advertisement DIP/Shabdarth/Classified/0308/23-24 dated 24.01.2024; 10,285 vacancies reduced to 2,346; PMET 17-24.09.2024; Computer Based Written Test 06.10.2024 by CEL; document verification; merit list cut-offs (UR-Male 45, SC 32); 1,669 selected (1442+257); 677 SC/ST/OBC vacancies unfilled; disclosure of specific reasons for non-selection on https://dghgenrollment.in within four weeks; re-medical examination; review medical board; Standing Order No.15 dated 19.01.2024; Delhi Home Guards Rules, 1959; W.P.(C) 2681/2025 and connected petitions incl. W.P.(C) 17263-17268/2024; Sachin Datta, J.; disposed 17.03.2025.
What did the court decide?
Taking the respondents' statement on record (publication on https://dghgenrollment.in of the manner of selection and the specific reason/s for non-selection of each unsuccessful candidate within four weeks, and re-medical examination for candidates held up for want of medical clearance), no further orders were passed and the petitions were disposed of; petitioners retain liberty to pursue remedies if aggrieved by the reasons cited.