Govt. of NCT of Delhi and Anr. v. Bijender Singh and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
e-dossier; DSSSB recruitment; GNCTD; Central Administrative Tribunal Principal Bench; effective communication doctrine; SMS/email intimation; website notice; legitimate expectation; OARS portal record; adverse inference; Articles 14 and 16 Constitution of India; condonation of delay in submitting e-dossier; cancellation of candidature; batch of 21 writ petitions partly allowed and partly dismissed; Pushpendra Singh Parnami v DSSSB; GNCTD v. Jagdeep; DSSB v. Mohan Lal Chhedwal; Poonam; Mukesh Kumar; Sumit Gahlot; Mrs. Jyoti.
What did the court decide?
Allowed: W.P.(C) 938/2026, W.P.(C) 14309/2025 and W.P.(C) 12996/2024 (Government challenges succeed, sustaining cancellation of candidature on proved intimation) and W.P.(C) 506/2023 (private petitioner's challenge succeeds, the Tribunal's dismissal upholding cancellation being overturned). Dismissed: the remaining seventeen petitions, leaving the Tribunal's directions favouring the private parties undisturbed. All pending applications stand closed.