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Mukesh Gurjar & Ors. v. Union of India

Delhi HC9 Apr 2026W.P.(C)/4717/2026

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What is this about?

Constable (GD) selectees sought a direction to the CISF Standing Screening Committee to verify their documents confirming no pending FIR. The Court directed the SSC to consider the documents positively within six weeks, observing that respondent inefficiency was encouraging unnecessary litigation.

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Direction to CISF Standing Screening Committee to consider petitioners' documents positively within six weeks.

Mukesh Gurjar & Ors. Vs Union of India — Service and Employment | Delhi HC (2026)

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$~98 to 100

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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+ W.P.(C) 4717/2026 and CM A MUKESH GURJAR & ORS.	PPL. 23085/2026 .....Petitioners
Through:	Mr. Mandeep Baisala, Mr.
	Dhananjay Singh, Mr. Kavesh
	Bidhuri, Mr. Atal Singh, Mr.
versus	Sourabh Singh and Mr. Shobhit Anand, Advs.
UNION OF INDIA	.....Respondent
Through:	Ms. Swati R. K., CGSC along
	with Mr. Mohnish Balu and Mr. Abhishek Gautam, Advs. DC Anand Kumar, Insp. Sanjay
	Kumar and SI Atul Sen – CISF.

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(99)

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+ W.P.(C) 4718/2026 and CM A GURPREET SINGH & ORS.	PPL. 23086/2026 .....Petitioners
Through:	Mr. Mandeep Baisala, Mr.
	Dhananjay Singh, Mr. Kavesh
	Bidhuri, Mr. Atal Singh, Mr.
versus UNION OF INDIA	Sourabh Singh and Mr. Shobhit Anand, Advs. .....Respondent
Through:	Ms. Leelawati Suman, Mr
	Nitesh Tiwari, Ms. Akanksha
	Suman and Mr. Achint Gupta, Advs.

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(100)

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+ W.P.(C) 4719/2026 and CM	APPL. 23087/2026
JITENDRA HARINKHEDE	& ORS. .....Petitioners
Through:	Mr. Mandeep Baisala, Mr.
	Dhananjay Singh, Mr. Kavesh
	Bidhuri, Mr. Atal Singh, Mr.
	Sourabh Singh and Mr. Shobhit
	Anand, Advs.

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versus

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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 13/04/2026 at 12:28:16

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UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Ms. Rupali Bandhopadhya, CGSC along with Mr. Abhijeet Kumar and Ms. Amisha Gupta, Advs.

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CORAM:

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HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN

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O R D E R % 09.04.2026

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This order shall dispose of three (03) connected Writ Petitions, wherein identical prayers have been made.

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The following prayer is extracted from W.P.(C) 4719/2026, for ready reference:

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“A direction to the Standing Screening Committee of the Respondent/CISF at CISF Headquarters, New Delhi to decide the correctness and antecedents of the documents produced by the Petitioners No. 1 to 3, showing proof in support of the fact that no case/FIR is pending against them, within two weeks, as no cases whatsoever are pending against the Petitioners herein;”

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As is evident, the only prayer made by the Petitioners is to direct the Standing Screening Committee („SSC‟) of the Central Industrial Security Force („CISF‟) at CISF Headquarters, New Delhi, to decide the correctness and antecedents of the documents produced by the Petitioners, within a period of two (02) weeks.

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Learned counsel representing the Respondent though admit receipt of the documents, however, they submit that with regard to some of the candidates, the documents have not been forwarded to the SSC. Be that as it may, once various training centres of CISF have received documents, the responsibility to forward the same lies with the respective offices.

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The Petitioners, who were selected as Constable (GD) cannot be

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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 13/04/2026 at 12:28:16

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made to wait endlessly on this pretext.

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Hence, the present Writ Petitions stand disposed of while directing the SSC to consider the documents positively within six (06) weeks from today.

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Further, this Court is compelled to observe that unnecessary litigation is being encouraged on account of inefficient conduct of the Respondents, which should be avoided.

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A photocopy of the order passed today be kept in the connected matters.

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ANIL KSHETARPAL, J.

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AMIT MAHAJAN, J.

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APRIL 09, 2026 s.godara/shah

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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 13/04/2026 at 12:28:16

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