Sangeeta Negi v. Bharti Public School, & ORS.

$~99 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 16410/2024 SANGEETA NEGI .....Petitioner Through:

Mr. Sermon Rawat, Ms. Aastha Vishwakarma and Mr. Virat Pratap Singh, Advocates.

versus BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL & ORS.

.....Respondents Through:

Mr. Avi Singh, Mr. B.C. Pandey, Mr.S.P. Kamrah, Mr. Puneet Batra and Mr.

Shikhar Garg, Advocates for Respondents No.1 and 2.

Mr. Yeeshu Jain, ASC with Ms. Jyoti Tyagi and Mr. Hitanshu Mishra, Advocates for Respondent No.6/DOE.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI SINGH

O R D E R

% 29.11.2024 CM APPL. 69124/2024 1.

Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2.

Application stands disposed of.

W.P.(C) 16410/2024 and CM APPL. 69123/2024 3.

This writ petition has been preferred on behalf of the Petitioner under Article 226 of the Constitution of India laying a challenge to the disciplinary proceedings initiated pursuant to a chargesheet dated 07.09.2024. W.P.(C) 16410/2024 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 02/12/2024 at 12:11:12

4.

Learned counsel for the Petitioner limits his grievance to Annexure A3, i.e. document dated 19.10.2024 which are Minutes of the Meeting of Disciplinary Action Committee (DAC) held on 19.10.2024 to demonstrate that Ms. Meenakshi Pant, who was one of the members of the DAC was appointed as the Presenting Officer to assist the Inquiry Officer which is impermissible in law.

5.

Issue notice.

6.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Respondents No.1 and 2/School, at the outset, hands over a corrigendum dated 23.10.2024, whereby the DAC has been re-constituted and Ms. Meenakshi Pant has been replaced with one Ms. Sarika Chawla. Copy of the said corrigendum has been taken on record. A copy of the same has been handed over to learned counsel for the Petitioner, who submits that so far as this limited issue is concerned, the grievance of the Petitioner stands redressed. 7.

Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of as no further orders are required to be passed. Pending application also stands disposed of. 8.

It will be open to the Petitioner to raise all other factual and legal issues and contentions raised in this writ petition with regard to the pending disciplinary proceedings before the appropriate Forum at the appropriate time.

JYOTI SINGH, J NOVEMBER 29, 2024/B.S. Rohella W.P.(C) 16410/2024 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 02/12/2024 at 12:11:12