Delhi High Court - Orders
Col. Laxmi Narayan (Retd.) & Ors vs Coal India Limited & Ors on 10 September, 2025
Author: Amit Sharma
Bench: Amit Sharma
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COL. LAXMI NARAYAN (RETD.) & ORS. .....Petitioners
Through: Mr. Gautam Swarup, Mr. Ankur Das,
Mr. Rudra Deoshthali, Mr. Tanmay
Malik and Ms. Sakshi Pandey,
Advocates.
versus
COAL INDIA LIMITED & ORS. .....Respondents
Through: Mr. Atma Ram N. S. Nadkarni,
Senior Advocate with Mr. Harsh
Parthak, Ms. Shaveta Mahajan, Mr.
Mohit Choubey, Ms. Deepti Arya Mr.
Salvador Santosh Rebello, Mr. Aditya
Nema, Ms. Manisha Gupta, Ms.
Himanshi Nagpal, Advocates for Cal
India Ltd.
Ms. Radhika Bishwajit Dubey, CGSC
with Ms. Gurleen Kaur Waraich, Mr.
Kritarth Upadhyay, Mr. Vivek
Sharma, Ms. Aprajita Verma, Ms.
Khushi, Mr. Saksham Sharma,
Advocates along with Col. Navneet
Dahiya & Mr. Sanjay Pal, GP for
DGR.
Mr. Shashank Dixit, CGSC with Mr.
Kunaj Raj, Advocates for UOI.
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+ W.P.(C) 16002/2022& CM APPL. 11766/2025
COL A. K. ARORA (RETD.) & ORS. .....Petitioners
Through: Ms. Sonia A. Menon, Advocate.
versus
DIRECTORATE GENERAL
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RESETTLEMENT (DGR) & ANR. .....Respondents
Through: Mr. Atma Ram N. S. Nadkarni,
Senior Advocate with Mr. Harsh
Parthak, Ms. Shaveta Mahajan, Mr.
Mohit Choubey, Ms. Deepti
Arya Mr. Salvador Santosh Rebello,
Mr. Aditya Nema, Ms. Manisha
Gupta, Ms. Himanshi Nagpal,
Advocates for Cal India Ltd.
Ms. Radhika Bishwajit Dubey, CGSC
with Ms. Gurleen Kaur Waraich, Mr.
Kritarth Upadhyay, Mr. Vivek
Sharma, Ms. Aprajita Verma, Ms.
Khushi, Mr. Saksham Sharma,
Advocates along with Col. Navneet
Dahiya & Mr. Sanjay Pal, GP for
DGR.
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+ W.P.(C) 10136/2025& CM APPL. 42178-80/2025
COL IRSHANJIT SINGH KOHLI RETD .....Petitioner
Through: Ms. Shweta Bharti, Mr. Shantanu
Malik, Mr. Jyoti Kumar Chaudhary,
Ms. Yashodhara B. Roy, Ms. Darshita
Sethia and Ms. Prakarti Shrivastava,
Advocates.
versus
COAL INDIA LIMITED & ORS. .....Respondents
Through: Mr. Atma Ram N. S. Nadkarni,
Senior Advocate with Mr. Harsh
Parthak, Ms. Shaveta Mahajan, Mr.
Mohit Choubey, Ms. Deepti Arya Mr.
Salvador Santosh Rebello, Mr. Aditya
Nema, Ms. Manisha Gupta, Ms.
Himanshi Nagpal, Advocates for Cal
India Ltd.
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Ms. Radhika Bishwajit Dubey, CGSC
with Ms. Gurleen Kaur Waraich, Mr.
Kritarth Upadhyay, Mr. Vivek
Sharma, Ms. Aprajita Verma, Ms.
Khushi, Mr. Saksham Sharma,
Advocates along with Col. Navneet
Dahiya & Mr. Sanjay Pal, GP for
DGR.
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+ W.P.(C) 5237/2020& CM APPL. 18873/2020
COL. YASHPAL SINGH SINDHU RETD & ORS......Petitioners
Through: Mr. Kaushal Yadav, Adv. for
petitioner no.1 and 3
versus
COAL INDIA LIMITED & ORS. .....Respondents
Through: Mr. Atma Ram N. S. Nadkarni,
Senior Advocate with Mr. Harsh
Parthak, Ms. Shaveta Mahajan, Mr.
Mohit Choubey, Ms. Deepti Arya Mr.
Salvador Santosh Rebello, Mr. Aditya
Nema, Ms. Manisha Gupta, Ms.
Himanshi Nagpal, Advocates for Cal
India Ltd.
Ms. Radhika Bishwajit Dubey, CGSC
with Ms. Gurleen Kaur Waraich, Mr.
Kritarth Upadhyay, Mr. Vivek
Sharma, Ms. Aprajita Verma, Ms.
Khushi, Mr. Saksham Sharma,
Advocates along with Col. Navneet
Dahiya & Mr. Sanjay Pal, GP for
DGR.
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+ W.P.(C) 10830/2025& CM APPL. 44782-83/2025
BRIG RETD SANDEEP KALA .....Petitioner
Through: Mr. Jai Sahai Endlaw, Advocate.
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versus
DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF
RESETTLEMENT DGR & ANR. .....Respondents
Through: Mr. Atma Ram N. S. Nadkarni,
Senior Advocate with Mr. Harsh
Parthak, Ms. Shaveta Mahajan, Mr.
Mohit Choubey, Ms. Deepti Arya Mr.
Salvador Santosh Rebello, Mr. Aditya
Nema, Ms. Manisha Gupta, Ms.
Himanshi Nagpal, Advocates for Cal
India Ltd.
Ms. Radhika Bishwajit Dubey, CGSC
with Ms. Gurleen Kaur Waraich, Mr.
Kritarth Upadhyay, Mr. Vivek
Sharma, Ms. Aprajita Verma, Ms.
Khushi, Mr. Saksham Sharma,
Advocates along with Col. Navneet
Dahiya & Mr. Sanjay Pal, GP for
DGR.
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+ W.P.(C) 11005/2025& CM APPL. 45318-19/2025
SAURABH BHARDWAJ & ORS. .....Petitioners
Through: Mr. Gautam Swarup, Mr. Ankur Das,
Mr. Rudra Deoshthali, Mr. Tanmay
Malik and Ms. Sakshi Pandey,
Advocates.
versus
DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF
RESETTLEMENT & ORS. .....Respondents
Through: Mr. Atma Ram N. S. Nadkarni,
Senior Advocate with Mr. Harsh
Parthak, Ms. Shaveta Mahajan, Mr.
Mohit Choubey, Ms. Deepti Arya Mr.
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Salvador Santosh Rebello, Mr. Aditya
Nema, Ms. Manisha Gupta, Ms.
Himanshi Nagpal, Advocates for Cal
India Ltd.
Ms. Radhika Bishwajit Dubey, CGSC
with Ms. Gurleen Kaur Waraich, Mr.
Kritarth Upadhyay, Mr. Vivek
Sharma, Ms. Aprajita Verma, Ms.
Khushi, Mr. Saksham Sharma,
Advocates along with Col. Navneet
Dahiya & Mr. Sanjay Pal, GP for
DGR.
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+ W.P.(C) 11011/2025& CM APPL. 45358-60/2025
COL NAWAL DUGGAL RETD & ORS. .....Petitioners
Through: Ms. Shweta Bharti, Mr. Shantanu
Malik, Mr. Jyoti Kumar Chaudhary,
Ms. Yashodhara B. Roy, Ms. Darshita
Sethia and Ms. Prakarti Shrivastava,
Advocates.
versus
COAL INDIA LIMITED & ORS. .....Respondents
Through: Mr. Atma Ram N. S. Nadkarni,
Senior Advocate with Mr. Harsh
Parthak, Ms. Shaveta Mahajan, Mr.
Mohit Choubey, Ms. Deepti Arya Mr.
Salvador Santosh Rebello, Mr. Aditya
Nema, Ms. Manisha Gupta, Ms.
Himanshi Nagpal, Advocates for Cal
India Ltd.
Ms. Radhika Bishwajit Dubey, CGSC
with Ms. Gurleen Kaur Waraich, Mr.
Kritarth Upadhyay, Mr. Vivek
Sharma, Ms. Aprajita Verma, Ms.
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Khushi, Mr. Saksham Sharma,
Advocates along with Col. Navneet
Dahiya & Mr. Sanjay Pal, GP for
DGR.
Mr. Ripudaman Bhardwaj, CGSC
with Mr. Kushagra Kumar and Mr.
Amit Kumar Rana, Advocates for
UOI.
Mr. Vedansh Anand, GP for UOI.
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+ W.P.(C) 11676/2025& CM APPL. 47764-65/2025
COL RAVI TUTEJA & ORS. .....Petitioners
Through: Mr. Gautam Swarup, Mr. Ankur Das,
Mr. Rudra Deoshthali, Mr. Tanmay
Malik and Ms. Sakshi Pandey,
Advocates.
versus
DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF
RESETTLEMENT & ORS. .....Respondents
Through: Mr. Atma Ram N. S. Nadkarni,
Senior Advocate with Mr. Harsh
Parthak, Ms. Shaveta Mahajan, Mr.
Mohit Choubey, Ms. Deepti Arya Mr.
Salvador Santosh Rebello, Mr. Aditya
Nema, Ms. Manisha Gupta, Ms.
Himanshi Nagpal, Advocates for Cal
India Ltd.
Ms. Radhika Bishwajit Dubey, CGSC
with Ms. Gurleen Kaur Waraich, Mr.
Kritarth Upadhyay, Mr. Vivek
Sharma, Ms. Aprajita Verma, Ms.
Khushi, Mr. Saksham Sharma,
Advocates along with Col. Navneet
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Dahiya & Mr. Sanjay Pal, GP for
DGR.
Mr. Premtosh K. Mishra, CGSC with
Mr. Sarthak Anand and Mr. Prarabdh
Tiwari, Advocates.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT SHARMA
ORDER
% 10.09.2025
1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.
2. List for further arguments on 19.09.2025 at 04:30 PM.
3. In the meantime, respondent No. 2/DGR shall file an additional affidavit with respect to their stand that irrespective of the process being initiated after the allotment, the sponsorship will not be given if the concerned candidate crosses the age of 60 (becomes overage).
4. List on 19.09.2025 at 04:30 PM.
AMIT SHARMA, J SEPTEMBER 10, 2025/bsr This is a digitally signed order.
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