Pushpender Pratap Singh v. Union of India and Ors

J U D G M E N T (oral)

¶1Vide this petition, petitioner is seeking quashing/setting aside of the Movement Order No.7881 dated 03.04.2023 passed by the respondent No.4; directions to respondent No.3 to consider his representation dated

03.04.2023 and allow him at-least 1 month's earned leave and treat the absence period of the petitioner as 'On Duty' and allow the petitioner to continue his Advance Constabulary Course (ACC) in the next session; directions to the respondent No.2 to conduct departmental inquiry; and directions to respondent No.3 to decide as to why the different authorities

issued movement order on different dates.

¶2Learned counsel for respondents, who is appearing on advance notice, submits that petitioner had made application dated 26.03.2023 seeking one month's leave w.e.f. 01.04.2023 and the cause of said application has become infructuous.

¶3Learned counsel for petitioner submits that on 01.04.2023, he made a request to meet Commandant, however, his request was not acceded to.

¶4Case of petitioner is that his father is a Cancer patient and he is at last stage of said disease, therefore, he is unable to join the Advance Constabulary Course in present session. Petitioner requested to the respondents that he be allowed to join Advance Constabulary Course in the next session.

¶5Accordingly, petitioner is at liberty file a representation to this effect before respondents and on receipt of same, the respondents are directed to consider and decide the same within two weeks keeping in view the medical condition of his father.

¶6With the aforesaid directions, the present petition is disposed of. Pending application also stands disposed of.

(SURESH KUMAR KAIT) JUDGE

(NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA) JUDGE MAY 24, 2023/rk

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision: 24th May, 2023 + W.P.(C) 7220/2023 & CM APPL. 28130/2023 PUSHPENDER PRATAP SINGH ..... Petitioner Through: Mr. Raghunath Pathak, Ms. Shweta Priya, Mr. Aaditya Kadian and Mr. Kailash Kumar, Advocates versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .... Respondents Through: Mr. Vardhman Kaushik, Senior Panel Counsel with Mr. Hardik Bedi, GP and Mr. Ajay Kanojiya, Advocate for UOI CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURESH KUMAR KAIT HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA