Union Public Service Commission And ANR v. Mohd Mustafa And ORS

CWP No.4616 of 2020(O&M) #1#

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH.

Reserved on :- 09. 09. 2020 Date of Decision:-06.11.2020 CWP No.4616 of 2020(O&M) Union Public Service Commission & Anr.

......Petitioners.

Versus

Sh. Mohd. Mustafa & Ors.

......Respondents.

CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANT PARKASH Present:- Mr. Atul Nanda, Advocate General, Punjab, alongwith Ms. Rameeza Hakeem, Additional Advocate General, Punjab for the petitioner-State of Punjab (in CWP Nos. 1651 & 1660 of 2020); and for official respondent(s)/State (in CWP Nos. 1608, 1617, 3811, 4616 & 4618 of 2020) Mr. Maninder Singh, Sr. Advocate assisted by S/Sh. Saurabh Mishra & Prabhas Bajaj, Advocates for the petitioner-Sh. Dinkar Gupta (in CWP Nos. 1608 & 1617 of 2020); and for private respondent-Sh. Dinkar Gupta (in CWP Nos. 1651, 1660, 3811, 4616 & 4618 of 2020) Mr. Rajiv Atma Ram, Sr. Advocate, assisted by Mr. Arjun Partap Atma Rama, Advocate for the petitioner-Sh. Siddharath Chattopadhyaya (in CWP No. 3811 of 2020); and for private respondent-Sh. Siddharath Chattopadhyaya (in CWP Nos.

1617 & 1651, 4618 of 2020) Mr. Aman Lekhi, Addl. Solicitor General of India, alongwith S/Sh./Smt. Naresh Kaushik, Alka Chatrath, Ujjwal Sinha, Ms. Mehak Huria, Ms. Shikha Sandhu, Mr. Ritwiz Rishabh, Mr. Nishant Maini, Mr. Aniket Seth & Mr. Nitin Arora, Advocates for the petitioner(s)-UPSC (in CWPs Nos. 4616 & 4618 of 2020) for the respondent/UPSC (in CWP Nos. 1608 & 1660 of 2020) RAJINDER PARSHAD JOSHI 2020.11.06 11:33 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Mr. Satya Pal Jain, Addl.

CWP No.4616 of 2020(O&M) #2# Mr. Dheeraj Jain, Sr. Counsel, Govt. of India for respondent(s)/Union of India (in all cases) Mr. Deepinder Singh Patwalia, Sr. Advocate, assisted by Mr. Bikramjit Singh Patwalia, Advocate for private respondent-Shri Mohd. Mustafa (in CWP Nos. 1608 & 1660, 4616 of 2020) Ms. Vibha Datta Makhija, Senior Advocate, assisted by Mr. Vipul Joshi, Advocate for private respondent - Sh. Suresh Arora (in CWP Nos. 1608, 1617, 3811 & 4618 of 2020). *** JASWANT SINGH, J.

[The aforesaid presence is being recorded through video conferencing since the proceedings are being conducted in virtual court] For detailed orders, see order of even date passed in CWP No.1660 of 2020(O&M) titled as State of Punjab Vs. Central Administrative Tribunal, Chandigarh Bench at Chandigarh & Ors. ( JASWANT SINGH ) JUDGE ( SANT PARKASH ) JUDGE November 06, 2020 Vinay Whether speaking/reasoned Yes/No Whether Reportable Yes/No RAJINDER PARSHAD JOSHI 2020.11.06 11:33 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document