Mrs. Meenakshi Khare And ORS. v. Directorate Of Education And ORS.

$~86 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 1280/2019 and CM APPL. 6092/2024 MRS. MEENAKSHI KHARE AND ORS.

.....Petitioners Through:

Mr. Pawanjit Singh Bindra, Senior Advocate with Mr. Vinayak Marwah, Advocate.

versus DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION AND ORS.

.....Respondents Through:

Mr. Dhruv Rohatgi, Ms. Chandrika Sachdev and Mr. Dhruv Kumar, Advocates for GNCTD.

Mr. T.P. Singh, Senior Central Govt. Counsel for R4.

Mr. Vikram Jetly, CGSC with Ms. Shreya Jetly, Advocate for R3 and R4.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI SINGH

O R D E R

% 21.11.2025 1.

This writ petition is filed on behalf of the Petitioners under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following reliefs:- "(i) MANDAMUS directing, commanding and requiring the Management of Respondent No.3 School to open admission for children for Academic Session 2019-20.

ii) PROHIBITION restraining Respondents from closing down the Respondent No.3 School (iii) MANDAMUS directing, commanding and requiring the Respondents 1 and 2 to take over the Management of Respondent No.3 School. (iv) MANDAMUS directing, commanding and requiring the Management of Respondent No.3 School to forthwith pay to the Petitioners arrears of Salaries and benefits accrued therefrom.

(v) Grant such other, further relief/s in the facts and circumstances of the W.P.(C) 1280/2019 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 17/12/2025 at 13:13:47

case as this Hon'ble Court may deem just and equitable in favour of the Petitioners."

2.

Indisputably, reliefs claimed in prayer (i) to (iii) stand satisfied, accordingly no further order is required to be passed in this writ petition. 3.

Nonetheless insofar as reliefs claimed in prayer (iv) as also in CM APPL. 6092/2024 are concerned, wherein Petitioners seek their salaries, emoluments, arrears of salaries and other service benefits, liberty is granted to take recourse to appropriate remedies before the appropriate forum. 4.

Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of along with pending application.

JYOTI SINGH, J NOVEMBER 21, 2025/YA W.P.(C) 1280/2019 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 17/12/2025 at 13:13:47