W SUNITA CHANU vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
Judgment delivered on: 06.11.2023
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W SUNITA CHANU ….. Petitioner

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UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. ….. Respondents

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+ W.P.(C) 14465/2023

SHANTI KUMARI SINGH ….. Petitioner

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UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. ….. Respondents

Advocates who appeared in this case:

For the Petitioner: Mr. Ankur Chhibber and Mr. Anshuman Mehrotra, Advocates.
For the Respondents: Mr. Rishabh Sahu, Senior Panel Counsel with Ms. Vidhi Gupta, Advocate and Mr. Saurabh, DG Advocate.
Mr. Virender Pratap Singh Charak, Deepesh Chaudhary, Ms. Shubhra Parashar and Ms. Vidhya Mishra, Advocates.
CORAM:-
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV SACHDEVA
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN
JUDGMENT

SANJEEV SACHDEVA, J. (ORAL)

1. Petitioner seeks a direction to the respondents to dispose of the legal notice dated 05.05.2023. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the above legal notice may also be treated as a representation and the same may be directed to be disposed of by the respondents.
2. Issue notice. Notice is accepted by learned counsel for respondents.
3. Learned counsel for respondents submits that the notice is highly belated and even as per the notice, the alleged issue arose in the year 1997 and no representation was received between 1997 till 2023. She, however, without prejudice submits that the same shall be duly responded to and the same shall be treated as a representation and decided in accordance with the law.
4. Petition is thus disposed of. Respondents are directed to dispose of the legal notice dated 05.05.2023, treating the same as a representation. It is clarified that it would be open for the respondents to consider the issue of limitation, if available in law.
SANJEEV SACHDEVA, J

MANOJ JAIN, J
NOVEMBER 06, 2023/NA

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