Jolly Batoo vs Government Of Nct Of Delhi And Others

Case Significance

Jolly Batoo vs Government Of Nct Of Delhi And Others is a Delhi High Court decision dated March 2, 2026 (citation: ik-121590689). A direct recruit PGT (Commerce) teacher at Lady Irwin Senior Secondary School challenged the seniority list finalized in March 2022 under the Delhi School Education Rules, seeking restoration of her position in an earlier 2020 list, and challenged the consequential DPC recommendation for promotion of a rival teacher to Vice Principal. The Court found that Rule 109 of the Delhi School Education Rules does not support the petitioner's proposition that interview session timing can fix seniority, The case was heard by Justice Sanjeev Narula. Counsel appearing: Arun Panwar (counsel for respondent), Ayushi (counsel for respondent), Latika Choudhary (counsel for respondent), Rishabh Srivastava (counsel for respondent), Santosh Kumar Tripathi (counsel for respondent), Siddharth Krishna Dwivedi (counsel for respondent).