Al Rifai Haj Umrah Service v. Union of India
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Delhi High Court, LPA 779/2025 & LPA 780/2025 (with CM APPLs. 80695-80698/2025 and 80745-80748/2025), decided 16.01.2026; Coram: Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya with Tejas Karia, J (author). Haj Group Operators' letters patent appeals against dismissal of W.P.(C) 14067/2025 & 14092/2025 challenging Rejection Orders dated 04.12.2024 (Haj-2025 ineligibility) and Circulars dated 24.02.2025/28.02.2025 extending Haj-2025 policy/quota to Haj-2026. Held: merits of Rejection Orders not reopenable in appeal (not agitated below; delay of over nine months in challenging; policy upheld by Supreme Court in Kolkata Tours & Travels Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. v. Union of India, W.P.(C) No.35/2025); Respondent's undertaking recorded and made binding that the rejection shall have no bearing on Haj-2027-or-later applications, to be decided on own merits. Appeals disposed of, not pressed. No statutes cited.