Sandeep Kumar v. Union of India and Ors.

Delhi HC21 May 2026W.P.(C)/7642/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

CISF; Central Industrial Security Force; additional 5% HRA; House Rent Allowance; mandamus; batch of 110 writ petitions; Rule 61 Central Industrial Security Force Rules 2001; Office Memorandum dated 31.07.2017; Jaspal Singh Mann v. Union of India & Ors. 2009 ILR 1 Delhi 165 (followed); Union of India & Ors. v. Paramisivan M., Civil Appeal No. 4967/2023 (Supreme Court order dated 08.02.2024 upholding Jaspal Singh Mann); release of HRA amounts within 03 months; Delhi High Court Division Bench; Anil Kshetarpal and Amit Mahajan JJ.; decided 21.05.2026.

What did the court decide?

Writ petitions allowed in terms of Jaspal Singh Mann v. Union of India & Ors. (2009 ILR 1 Delhi 165); Respondents directed to release the amount payable to the Petitioners (additional 5% HRA) within 03 months. ¶¶487

Sandeep Kumar Vs Union of India and Ors. — Delhi HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the Petitioners, serving in the Central Industrial Security Force and posted in different cities, are entitled to a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the Respondents to grant additional 5% HRA from the respective dates given in chart 'C-1'. +1 more

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Court's answer

The present writ petitions are allowed in terms of the judgment of the Division Bench of this Court in Jaspal Singh Mann v. Union of India & Ors. (supra).

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Ratio / Principle

The Respondents' objection that under Rule 61 of the Central Industrial Security Force Rules, 2001 read with Office Memorandum dated 31.07.2017 the Petitioners are not entitled to additional 5% HRA was considered by the Division Bench of this Court in Jaspal Singh Mann v. Union of India & Ors. (supra) and other judgments; hence it is not open to the Respondents to take this objection once again.

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Key takeaways

The Respondents are directed to release the amount payable to the Petitioners within a period of next 03 months.ratio¶¶487

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Delhi High Court, Division Bench (Anil Kshetarpal and Amit Mahajan, JJ.), order dated 21.05.2026 in a batch of 110 writ petitions (lead case W.P.(C) 8154/2024, Ashish Sharma v. Union of India & Ors.) filed by serving Central Industrial Security Force personnel posted in different cities, seeking a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the Respondents to grant additional 5% HRA from the respective dates given in chart 'C-1'. Held: the matter is covered in favour of the Petitioners by the Division Bench judgment in Jaspal Singh Mann v. Union of India & Ors., 2009 ILR 1 Delhi 165, in which the Respondents' objection that under Rule 61 of the Central Industrial Security Force Rules, 2001 read with Office Memorandum dated 31.07.2017 the Petitioners are not entitled to additional 5% HRA was already considered, and which judgment has been upheld by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Union of India & Ors. v. Paramisivan M., Civil Appeal No. 4967/2023 (order dated 08.02.2024); it is therefore not open to the Respondents to take the objection once again. Writ petitions allowed in terms of Jaspal Singh Mann (supra); Respondents directed to release the amount payable to the Petitioners within a period of next 03 months.

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$~100 to 173, 175 to 184, 190, 191, 201 to 208 & 210 to 225

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- W.P.(C) 8154/2024 ASHISH SHARMA

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.....Petitioner

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versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents

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W.P.(C) 14242/2024 & CM APPL. 19823/2026 CHANCHAL SINGH .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents

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W.P.(C) 927/2025 VIKASH KUMAR CHAUDHARY .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents

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W.P.(C) 983/2025 DEEPAK JOSHI .....Petitioner

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versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents

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W.P.(C) 4075/2025 VIRENDRA SINGH .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent

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W.P.(C) 7269/2025 BANTI KUMAR .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents

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- W.P.(C) 7314/2025

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W.P.(C) 8154/2024 & connected matters

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Page 1 of 21

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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 23/05/2026 at 12:50:15

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.....Petitioner

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NAVEEN KUMAR .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent

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W.P.(C) 7319/2025 UTTAM BABAR .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents

¶19

W.P.(C) 7365/2025 ASHOK KUMAR versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

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.....Petitioner

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.....Respondents

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- W.P.(C) 7367/2025 MD FIRDOUS KHAN .....Petitioner versus

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UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent

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W.P.(C) 7371/2025 AJAY KUMAR .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents

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W.P.(C) 7377/2025 HERMINDER SIROHI .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents

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W.P.(C) 7402/2025 RAJPAL .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents

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- W.P.(C) 7405/2025

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W.P.(C) 8154/2024 & connected matters

Page 2 of 21

AJAY KUMAR

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

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.....Petitioner

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.....Respondents

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W.P.(C) 7407/2025 LALIT KISHORE BUNKAR .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents

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W.P.(C) 7421/2025 SUNDA RAM .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent

¶37

.....Petitioner

¶38

W.P.(C) 7422/2025 PRAKASH CHAND JAT .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent

¶39

- W.P.(C) 7426/2025 SHIV KUMAR .....Petitioner

¶40

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents

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- W.P.(C) 7433/2025

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SUNIL KUMAR

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.....Petitioner

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versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent

¶45

- W.P.(C) 7444/2025

¶46

SAGAR MAL THALOR .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents

¶47

W.P.(C) 8154/2024 & connected matters

¶48

Page 3 of 21

¶49

¶50

- W.P.(C) 7479/2025

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ASHWANI KUMAR PANDEY .....Petitioner

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versus

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UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶54

.....Respondents

¶55

- W.P.(C) 7582/2025

¶56

MOHAN RAM .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent

¶57

W.P.(C) 7619/2025 YASH PAL SINGH .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent

¶58

- W.P.(C) 7642/2025 SANDEEP KUMAR versus

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UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶60

.....Petitioner

¶61

.....Respondents

¶62

- W.P.(C) 7745/2025 PARMATMA .....Petitioner

¶63

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

¶64

.....Respondents

¶65

- W.P.(C) 7900/2025 SUNIL KUMAR YADAV .....Petitioner versus

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UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents

¶67

.....Petitioner

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W.P.(C) 7904/2025 SUNIL KUMAR .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents

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W.P.(C) 8154/2024 & connected matters

¶70

Page 4 of 21

¶71

¶72

- W.P.(C) 7911/2025

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BHUPENDRA KUMAR .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents

¶74

- W.P.(C) 7920/2025 RAJU

¶75

.....Petitioner

¶76

versus

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UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶78

- W.P.(C) 7929/2025 SAROJ PAYAL

.....Respondents

.....Petitioner

versus

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶83

- W.P.(C) 8072/2025 SHYAM DEV VERMA

¶84

.....Respondents

¶85

.....Petitioner

¶86

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents

¶87

- W.P.(C) 10620/2025

¶88

DAYARAM MEENA

¶89

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

¶90

.....Petitioner

¶91

.....Respondents

¶92

- W.P.(C) 10625/2025

¶93

BHUPENDRA KUMAR .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents

¶94

.....Respondents

¶95

- W.P.(C) 10629/2025

PRASHANT KUMAR SINHA

.....Petitioner

versus

W.P.(C) 8154/2024 & connected matters

¶100

Page 5 of 21

¶101

¶102

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶103

.....Respondents

¶104

- W.P.(C) 10652/2025

¶105

DURGESH KUMAR

¶106

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

¶107

W.P.(C) 10660/2025 MADAN LAL REGAR versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶108

- W.P.(C) 10664/2025 MANDEEP SINGH

¶109

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

.....Petitioner

.....Respondents

.....Petitioner

.....Respondents

.....Petitioner

.....Respondents

- W.P.(C) 10684/2025

¶117

GOURAV TYAGI

¶118

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶119

.....Petitioner

¶120

.....Respondents

¶121

- W.P.(C) 10703/2025

¶122

RAGHWENDRA SINGH versus UNION OF INDIA

¶123

.....Petitioner

¶124

.....Respondent

¶125

- W.P.(C) 10705/2025

¶126

AVINASH YADAV versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶127

.....Petitioner

¶128

.....Respondents

¶129

- W.P.(C) 10706/2025

¶130

MAHAVEER SINGH MEENA .....Petitioner

¶131

W.P.(C) 8154/2024 & connected matters

¶132

Page 6 of 21

¶133

¶134

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶135

- W.P.(C) 10707/2025 ANIL KUMAR

¶136

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶137

- W.P.(C) 10708/2025 ASHWANI KUMAR

¶138

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶139

W.P.(C) 10709/2025 DEEPAK KUMAR RAM versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

.....Respondents

.....Petitioner

.....Respondents

.....Petitioner .....Respondents

¶144

.....Petitioner

¶145

.....Respondents

¶146

- W.P.(C) 10711/2025

¶147

.....Petitioner

¶148

KAUSHIK CHATURVEDI .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents

¶149

- W.P.(C) 10712/2025

¶150

PAWAN KUMAR GUPTA versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

¶151

W.P.(C) 10713/2025 DINESH KUMAR

¶152

versus UNION OF INDIAAND ORS.

.....Petitioner

.....Respondents

.....Petitioner

.....Respondents

- W.P.(C) 10746/2025

¶158

W.P.(C) 8154/2024 & connected matters

¶159

Page 7 of 21

¶160

¶161

YOGESH KUMAR MEENA versus UNION OF INDIA

¶162

- W.P.(C) 10747/2025 RAJESH KUMAR

¶163

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

¶164

W.P.(C) 10749/2025 SANDEEP versus UNION OF INDIA

.....Petitioner

.....Respondent

.....Petitioner

.....Respondents

.....Petitioner

.....Respondent

- W.P.(C) 10765/2025

ANUBHA ANAND

.....Petitioner

versus

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶176

- W.P.(C) 10781/2025 UDIT NARAYAN

¶177

.....Respondents

¶178

.....Petitioner

¶179

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents

¶180

- W.P.(C) 10783/2025

¶181

ASHOK KUMAR KAJAL versus

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UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶183

.....Petitioner

¶184

.....Respondents

¶185

- W.P.(C) 10787/2025

¶186

PANCH DEV SINGH

¶187

versus

¶188

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶189

.....Petitioner

¶190

.....Respondent

¶191

- W.P.(C) 10793/2025

¶192

W.P.(C) 8154/2024 & connected matters

Page 8 of 21

VIKRAM KUMAR

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶197

.....Petitioner

¶198

.....Respondents

¶199

- W.P.(C) 10799/2025 MANOJ KUMAR .....Petitioner

¶200

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶201

W.P.(C) 10804/2025 KAUSHAL KISHOR SINGH versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

.....Respondents

.....Petitioner

.....Respondents

W.P.(C) 10805/2025 GULAM FAREED .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents

¶206

W.P.(C) 10806/2025 HRIDAY NARAYAN YADAV .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent

¶207

- W.P.(C) 10823/2025

¶208

RAUNAK SARASWAT versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶209

.....Petitioner

¶210

.....Respondents

¶211

- W.P.(C) 10941/2025

¶212

SURENDER KUMAR .....Petitioner

¶213

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents

¶214

W.P.(C) 8154/2024 & connected matters

¶215

Page 9 of 21

¶216

¶217

- W.P.(C) 10942/2025

¶218

SUNIL KUMAR MEENA

¶219

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶220

.....Petitioner

¶221

.....Respondents

¶222

- W.P.(C) 12060/2025

¶223

SUNIL KUMAR GIRI .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents

¶224

.....Respondents

¶225

W.P.(C) 12084/2025 VIJAY KUMAR JAISWAL .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents

¶226

.....Respondents

¶227

- W.P.(C) 12090/2025

¶228

PANKAJ KUMAR CHOUDHARY .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents

¶229

- W.P.(C) 12098/2025

¶230

VINOD KUMAR YADAV .....Petitioner

¶231

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶232

- W.P.(C) 12099/2025 SUMAN SAINI

¶233

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

.....Respondents

.....Petitioner

.....Respondents

- W.P.(C) 12104/2025

¶238

ASHISH CHANDRA VERMA .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents

¶239

W.P.(C) 8154/2024 & connected matters

¶240

Page 10 of 21

¶241

¶242

- W.P.(C) 12107/2025 VIPIN KUMAR NIGAM

¶243

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶244

.....Petitioner

¶245

.....Respondents

¶246

- W.P.(C) 12109/2025

¶247

.....Petitioner

¶248

AVANEESH KUMAR YADAV .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents

¶249

- W.P.(C) 12112/2025

¶250

GANESH PRASAD SHARMA versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶251

.....Petitioner

¶252

.....Respondents

¶253

- W.P.(C) 12125/2025

¶254

.....Petitioner

¶255

VINOD KUMAR MEENA .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents

¶256

- W.P.(C) 12126/2025

¶257

ARUN KUMAR SHARMA .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents

¶258

.....Respondents

¶259

- W.P.(C) 12508/2025

¶260

PRANAB GOGOI

¶261

versus UNION OF INDIA

¶262

.....Petitioner

¶263

.....Respondent

¶264

- W.P.(C) 12540/2025

¶265

MANOJ KUMAR .....Petitioner

¶266

versus

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W.P.(C) 8154/2024 & connected matters

Page 11 of 21

.....Respondents

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶272

W.P.(C) 12542/2025 SADANAND

¶273

.....Petitioner

¶274

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶275

.....Respondents

¶276

- W.P.(C) 12546/2025 RAI SINGH

¶277

.....Petitioner

¶278

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶279

.....Respondents

¶280

W.P.(C) 12721/2025 HRIDESH KUMAR SINGH .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents

¶281

.....Petitioner

¶282

- W.P.(C) 12737/2025

¶283

MUKESH KUMAR BAIRWA .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent

¶284

.....Respondent

¶285

- W.P.(C) 15217/2025 DIPENDRA SINGH

¶286

.....Petitioner

¶287

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶288

.....Respondents

¶289

- W.P.(C) 15236/2025

¶290

PHURITSHABAM ANILKUMAR SINGH .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents

¶291

- W.P.(C) 15271/2025

¶292

SANJAY KUMAR SINGH .....Petitioner

¶293

W.P.(C) 8154/2024 & connected matters

¶294

Page 12 of 21

¶295

¶296

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶297

.....Respondents

¶298

- W.P.(C) 15285/2025

¶299

A RAGHUNANDANA CHARY versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶300

.....Petitioner

¶301

.....Respondents

¶302

- W.P.(C) 15310/2025

¶303

SHAILENDRA PRATAP SINGH versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶304

- W.P.(C) 15414/2025 JAIVEER SINGH

¶305

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

¶306

.....Petitioner .....Respondents

¶307

.....Petitioner

¶308

.....Respondents

¶309

- W.P.(C) 15417/2025

¶310

SUNEEL KUMAR YADAV versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

¶311

.....Petitioner

¶312

.....Respondents

¶313

- W.P.(C) 15699/2025

¶314

GIRISH CHANDRA JOSHI versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶315

W.P.(C) 15854/2025 PRASUN KUMAR versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

.....Petitioner

.....Respondents

.....Petitioner

.....Respondents

- W.P.(C) 17831/2025

¶321

W.P.(C) 8154/2024 & connected matters

Page 13 of 21

JOGINDER SINGH

.....Petitioner

versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent

¶327

W.P.(C) 17846/2025 RAHUL KUMAR .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents

¶328

- W.P.(C) 19289/2025

¶329

.....Petitioner

¶330

OM PRAKASH GUPTA .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents

¶331

- W.P.(C) 19334/2025 PRASHANT KUMAR

¶332

.....Petitioner

¶333

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶334

.....Respondents

¶335

- W.P.(C) 19377/2025 JYOTI CHETTRI .....Petitioner

¶336

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents

¶337

- W.P.(C) 19383/2025 RAJU THAKUR .....Petitioner

¶338

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents

¶339

- W.P.(C) 113/2026

¶340

.....Petitioner

¶341

VINAY KUMAR CHAUDHARY .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents + W.P.(C) 131/2026

¶342

W.P.(C) 8154/2024 & connected matters

Page 14 of 21

.....Petitioner

VARUN CHAUHAN .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent

¶347

- W.P.(C) 172/2026 PINKI SINGH .....Petitioner

¶348

versus

¶349

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶350

.....Respondents

¶351

- W.P.(C) 183/2026

¶352

MAHENDRA CHAUHAN .....Petitioner

¶353

versus

¶354

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

¶355

.....Respondents

¶356

- W.P.(C) 186/2026 NARESH KUMAR CHOUDHARY .....Petitioner

¶357

versus

¶358

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents

¶359

- W.P.(C) 253/2026

¶360

NITIN BUDHIYAN

¶361

.....Petitioner

¶362

versus

¶363

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents

¶364

- W.P.(C) 3254/2026

¶365

.....Petitioner

¶366

VIJAY PAL MEENA .....Petitioner versus

¶367

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents

¶368

- W.P.(C) 3318/2026

¶369

RAJENDRA GAUR

¶370

versus

¶371

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

¶372

- W.P.(C) 3445/2026

¶373

.....Petitioner

¶374

.....Respondents

¶375

W.P.(C) 8154/2024 & connected matters

Page 15 of 21

.....Petitioner

MOHIT SINGH

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

¶381

.....Respondents

¶382

W.P.(C) 3498/2026 PRASHANT KUMAR VERMA .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents

¶383

.....Respondents

¶384

- W.P.(C) 3574/2026 AMBRISH KUMAR PATEL

¶385

.....Petitioner

¶386

versus

¶387

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents

¶388

- W.P.(C) 3845/2026 NAVAL KISHORE

¶389

.....Petitioner

¶390

versus

¶391

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents

¶392

- W.P.(C) 3870/2026

¶393

SHALINI .....Petitioner

¶394

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

¶395

.....Respondents

¶396

- W.P.(C) 4148/2026 RAMJEE .....Petitioner

¶397

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents

¶398

- W.P.(C) 6415/2026 & CM APPL. 31656/2026

¶399

DHARMENDRA KUMAR DUBEY .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents

¶400

- W.P.(C) 6419/2026 & CM APPL. 31661/2026, CM APPL.

¶401

W.P.(C) 8154/2024 & connected matters

Page 16 of 21

31662/2026

RAGHUNANDAN SINGH

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

.....Petitioner

.....Respondents

Present :

Advocates for the Petitioners :

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Mr. P. Sureshan, Adv. in Item Nos. 100 to 173, 175 to 184, 190, 191, 201 to 208 & 210 to 225

¶412

Advocates for the Respondents :

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Mr. R L Meena (Dy. Commandant), Mr. S K Bharti and Mr. Sachin Kumar, CISF in Item No. 100

¶414

Mr. R. Venkat Prabhat, SPC with Mr. Ansh kalra, Ms. Kamna Behrani and Mr. Neeraj Raj Paulose, Advs. in Item No. 101

¶415

Mr. Avtar Singh AC, Mr. Rahul Sinha SI CISF in Item No. 101 Mr. Rahul Kumar Sharma, Govt Pleader for UOI in Item No. 101 Mr. Kamaldeep, GP with Mr. Dheeraj Sharma, Adv. in Item No. 102 Mr Krishna Chaitanya, GP with Mr. Divyansh Singh Dev, Adv in item No. 103

¶416

Mrs. S. S. Surana, CGSC with Mr. Sarthak Rana, G. P. in Item No. 103

¶417

Ms Pushti Gupta, SPC in Item No. 104

¶418

Mr. Jivesh Kumar Tiwari, CGSC with Ms Samiksha, Advs. in Item No. 105

¶419

Mr Syed Abdul Haseeb, CGSC with Ms Nasreen Khatoon, Mr Muhammad Aamir Khan and Mr Syed Abdur Rahman, Advs. in Item No. 106, 110, 113, 119

¶420

Mr. Manish Kumar, SPC with Mr. Rahul Kumar Sharma Govt Pleader for UOI in Item No. 107

¶421

Mr Abhishek Maratha, SPC with Ms Nupur Sharma, Advs. in Item No. 109

¶422

Mr Piyush Beriwal and Ms Ruchita Srivastava, Advs. in Item No. 110, 113, 123, 136, 182

¶423

Ms. Uma Prasuna Bachu, SPC for UOI in Item No. 111

¶424

Mr. Shivam Sachdeva, SPC for UOI in Item No. 112

¶425

Ms Ritu Reniwal, SrPC with Mr. Mahendra Kumawat, Advs. in Item No. 114

¶426

Mr. R. V. Sinha, SGSC with Mr. A. S. Singh, Adv. in Item No. 116

¶427

W.P.(C) 8154/2024 & connected matters

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Page 17 of 21

¶429

¶430

Mr. Shagun Shahi Chugh, Mr. Varun Chugh and Ms. Ayushi Agarwal, Advs. for UOI in Item No.117, 130, 215

¶431

Ms. Avshreya Pratap Singh Rudy, CGSC with Ms. Usha Jamnal, ⁠Ms. Nyasa Sharma and ⁠Mr. Ankit Khatri, Advs. in Item No. 121, 122, 135, 138, 144

¶432

Mr P.S Singh, CGSC for UOI in Item 124 Mr. Vikas Kr. Sharma, SPC in Item No. 125 and 191 Mr Abhishek Yadav, Senior Panel Counsel for UOI in Item No. 124 Mr. Nirvikar Verma, SPC & Mr. Varun Kumar, Advs. in Item No. 128 Mr. Mohan Lal Gehlot, SPC with Mr. Ratan Prakash, Advs. in Item No. 129

¶433

Mr Sanjeev Sabharwal SPC for UOI in Item No. 131, 171

¶434

Mr. Manish Kumar, SPC alongwith Mr. Kamaldeep, GP and Mr. Dheeraj Sharma, Adv. in Item No. 134 Mr. Neeraj, SPC with Mr. Soumyadip Chakraborty, Advs. in Item No. 137, 183, 222, 225 Mr. Hussain Taqvi, Sr. Panel Counsel with Ms. Kumail Fatima, Soumya and Mr. Waseem, Advs. in Item No. 138 Mr. Anshuman, SPC in Item No. 141

¶435

Mr. Ravi Kant Srivastava, Senior Panel Counsel with Ms. Laavanya Kaushik, GP, with Mr. Robert Laishram and Ms. Khyaati Bansal, Advs. in Item No. 142 Mr. Jivesh Kumar Tiwari, CGSC with Ms. Samiksha, Advs. in Item No. 143 Mr. Ashish Goyal, SPC with Dr. Anurag Singhal, Advs. in Item No. 145 Mr. Jitesh Vikram Srivastava, SPC and Mr. Dipanshu Sharma, Advs. in Item No. 146

¶436

Mr. Kameshwar Nath Mishra, Sr. Panel Counsel with Mr. Kamaldeep, GP and Mr. Dheeraj Sharma, Adv. in Item No. 147

¶437

Mr. Vedansh Anand, SPC with Mr. Kush Garg, Mr. Mohit Bhardwaj and Ms. Akanksha Singh, Advs. in Item No. 148

¶438

Mr Abhishek Yadav, Senior Panel Counsel for UOI in Item No. 151 Mr. Manoj Kumar Tyagi, SPC in Item No. 152

¶439

Mr. Raj Kumar, CGSC with Ms Vandana Sachdeva, Mr Ankit Choudhary, Mr Sumit Choudhary, Mr Sushant Rana and Ms Vidushi Sah, Advs. in Item No. 153

¶440

Mr. Kamaldeep, GP with Mr. Dheeraj Sharma Adv. in Item No. 154 Mr. Rajendra Sahu, SPC & Mr. Ratan Prakash, GP in Item No. 155 Mr. Raghvendra Shukla, SPC with Mr. Dushyant, GP and Mr. Asra, Advs. in Item No. 156

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¶444

Mr. Ajit Kumar Pathak, SPC with Mr. Chetan Jadon GP, Mr. Sudhir Singh & Ms. Akriti Pathak, Advs. in Item No. 157

¶445

Mr. Rishabh Sahu, SPC with Mr. Chetan Jadon, GP in Item No. 158 Mr. Sandeep Vishnu, SPC-UOI in Item No. 159

¶446

Ms. Sangita Malhotra, SPC with INS Yashpal CISF Airport in Item No. 160, 218

¶447

Mr. Vikrant Nilesh Goyal and Ms. Laavanya Kaushik, Advs. in Item No. 162, 221

¶448

Mr. Himanshu Pathak, SPC along with Mr. Mohit Gupta, Advs. in Item No. 164, 181

¶449

Mr. Nirvikar Verma, SPC & Mr. Varun Kumar, Advs. in Item No. 165, 167

¶450

Mr. Shankar Kumar Jha, SPC, UOI in Item No. 166

¶451

Ms. Richa Dhawan, SPC with Mr. Anuj Chaturvedi, Ms. Yashita Jain, Advs. in Item No. 168

¶452

Mr. Tanveer Ahmed Ansari, SPC in Item No. 170

¶453

Mr. Badar Mahmood, SPC for UOI with Mr. Ammar Ahmad, Advs. in Item No. 173

¶454

Mr. Rajendra Sahu, SPC & Mr. Ratan Prakash, GP in Item No. 175 Mr. Sahil Munjal, SPC with Ms. Rhea Gandhi and Ms. Nancy Singh, Advs. in Item No. 176

¶455

Mr. Rakesh Kumar SPC with Mr. Sunil, Advs. in Item No. 177

¶456

Mr. Jitendra Kumar Tripathi, Adv. in Item No. 177 Mr Harsh Kumar, SPC with Mr Shekhar Kumar, Ms Sikha Gogoi and Mr Neel Kumar Sharma, Advs. in Item No. 178

¶457

Ms Ekta Choudhary, Ms Priya Rathi and Ms Rushali Sikand, Advs. in Item No. 179

¶458

Mr. Vedansh Anand, SPC with Mr. Ravi Mittal, GP with Mr. Mohit Bhardwaj, Ms. Akanksha Singh and Mr. Kush Garg, Advs. in Item No. 180

¶459

Mr. Farman Ali, CGSC with Ms. Usha Jamnal, Adv. with DC Sohail Rafat, Insp Sanjay Kumar and Insp Yeshpal for CISF in Item No. 184 Mr Kavindra Kumar Gill, Senior Panel Counsel for UOI in Item No. 184

¶460

Mr. Sahaj Gar, SPC with Mr. Rudra Paliwa, GP in Item No. 190 Mr. Ajay Chowdhary, SPC alongwith Mr. Shivam Sharma, GP in Item No. 201

¶461

Ms. Rubina Arora, Senior Panel Counsel with Inspector Yeshpal, AC. Dhruv Kumar in Item No. 202

¶462

Ms. Akanksha Gupta, SPC in Item No. 203

¶463

Mr. Prateek Tanwar, SPC, UOI in Item No. 205

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¶466

¶467

Mr Amit Rana and Mr. Kavinder Kumar Gill, Advs. in Item No. 206 Mr. Jitendra Kumar Tripathi, Adv. in Item No. 207 Mr. Vivekanand Mishra, Senior Panel Counsel, UOI in Item No. 207 Ms. Chhavi Khandelwal, SPC and Mr. Sumit Ranjan GP in Item No. 210

¶468

Mr. Abhinav Singh, Adv. in Item No. 211

¶469

Ms. Aishwarya Chhabra, SPC with Mr. Amit Acharya, GP in Item No. 214

¶470

Mr. Anshuman, SPC in Item No. 217

¶471

Mr Kanishk Kharbanda, SPC with Mr Akash Gupta, GP in Item No. 220

¶472

Mr. Sahaj Gar, SPC with Mr. Himanshu Chauha, GP in Item No. 224

¶473

CORAM:

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HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN O R D E R % 21.05.2026

¶475

This is batch of 110 cases wherein identical prayers have been made. The Petitioners in all the writ petitions are serving in Central Industrial Security Force. They are posted in different cities. They pray for issuance of a Writ in the nature of Mandamus thereby directing the Respondents to grant additional 5% HRA from the respective dates as given in the chart which shall form part of this order as mark ‘C-1’.

¶476

In fact, the Petitioners claim that the matter in issue is squarely covered in their favour by a judgment passed by the Division Bench of this Court in the case of Jaspal Singh Mann v. Union of India & Ors. : 2009 ILR 1 Delhi 165.

¶477

Thereafter, there has been a series of judgments passed by this Court to the same effect.

¶478

By order dated 08.02.2024, the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Union of India & Ors. v. Paramisivan M. : Civil Appeal No.

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¶481

This is a digitally signed order.

¶482

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 23/05/2026 at 12:50:15

¶483

4967/2023 , has upheld the judgment passed by this Court in the case of Jaspal Singh Mann v. Union of India & Ors. ( supra ).

¶484

Learned counsel representing the Respondents submits that in view of Rule 61 of Central Industrial Security Force Rules, 2001 read with Office Memorandum dated 31.07.2017, the Petitioners are not entitled to additional 5% HRA.

¶485

It is evident that this objection was considered by Division Bench of this Court in the case of Jaspal Singh Mann v. Union of India & Ors. ( supra ) and other judgments. Hence, it is not open to the Respondents to take this objection once again.

¶486

In view of the aforesaid, the present writ petitions are allowed in terms of judgment passed by Division Bench of this Court in the case of Jaspal Singh Mann v. Union of India & Ors. ( supra ).

¶487

The Respondents are directed to release the amount payable to the Petitioners within a period of next 03 months.

¶488

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

¶489

ANIL KSHETARPAL, J

¶490

AMIT MAHAJAN, J

¶491

MAY 21, 2026 ‘KDK’

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