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The Lieutenant Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, in consultation with the High Court of Delhi, promotes and appoints officers of the Delhi Judicial Service to the Delhi Higher Judicial Service on both regular and ad hoc bases.

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The Lieutenant Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, in consultation with the High Court of Delhi, issued a notification on August 22, 2025, from the Department of Law, Justice and Legislative Affairs. This notification promotes and appoints nine officers of the Delhi Judicial Service to the Delhi Higher Judicial Service on a regular basis, effective from their assumption of office, under Rule 7(1)(a) of the Delhi Higher Judicial Service Rules, 1970, placing them on probation. The officers include Ms. Sadhika Jalan, Ms. Deepti Devesh, Ms. Preeti Agarwala, Ms. Neha Gupta Singh, Ms. Tanvi Khurana, Mr. Prayank Nayak, Ms. Rajat Goyal, Ms. Sonam Singh-1, and Ms. Sonam Gupta. Additionally, eight officers of the Delhi Judicial Service are appointed/promoted on an ad hoc basis to the Delhi Higher Judicial Service against consequential vacancies in Fast Track Special Courts. These Fast Track Special Courts were sanctioned by the Government of NCT of Delhi on a temporary/contractual basis via a letter dated September 26, 2020, for the establishment of 16 such courts. The ad hoc appointees include Mr. Himanshu Raman Singh, Mr. Deepak Kumar-1, Mr. Vaibhav Mehta, Ms. Swati Sharma, Ms. Ruby Neeraj Kumar, Mr. Deepak Kumar-II, Ms. Vasundhra Chhaunkar, and Mr. Abhishek Kumar. It is specified that ad hoc promotion does not grant rights of absorption or seniority, and these officers will revert to their substantive Delhi Judicial Service cadre if the Fast Track Special Courts are discontinued.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33002/99 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Delhi Gazette SG-DL-E-25082025-265673 EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY DELHI, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2025/SHRAVANA 31, 1947 [N. C. T. D. No. 191 PART IV GOVERNMENT OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI DEPARTMENT OF LAW, JUSTICE AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION Delhi, the 22th August, 2025 F. No. 6/27/2025-Judl./Suptlaw/1512-1518.β€”The Lt. Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, in consultation with the High Court of Delhi is pleased to:- 1. Promote/appoint the following officers of Delhi Judicial Service to Delhi Higher Judicial Service under Rule 7(1) (a) of Delhi Higher Judicial Service Rules, 1970 on regular basis against regular vacancies with effect from the date they assume charge of the office and to place them on probation in the Delhi Higher Judicial Service as per the provisions of the Delhi Higher Judicial Service Rules, 1970 :- +---+--------------------+---+------------------+ | 1 | Ms. Sadhika Jalan | 6 | Mr. Prayank Nayak| +---+--------------------+---+------------------+ | 2 | Ms. Deepti Devesh | 7 | Ms. Rajat Goyal | +---+--------------------+---+------------------+ | 3 | Ms. Preeti Agarwala| 8 | Ms. Sonam Singh-1| +---+--------------------+---+------------------+ | 4 | Ms. Neha Gupta Singh| 9 | Ms. Sonam Gupta | +---+--------------------+---+------------------+ | 5 | Ms. Tanvi Khurana | | | +---+--------------------+---+------------------+ 2. Appoint/Promote on ad hoc basis of the following 08 officers of Delhi Judicial Service to Delhi Higher Judicial Service against resultant consequential vacancies in Fast Track Special Courts sanctioned by the Govt. of NCT of Delhi on temporary/contractual basis vide letter dated 26.09.2020 for setting up of 16 Fast Track Special Courts, from the date they assume charge of the office. +---+-----------------------+---+--------------------+ | 1 | Mr. Himanshu Raman Singh| 5 | Ms. Ruby Neeraj Kumar| +---+-----------------------+---+--------------------+ | 2 | Mr. Deepak Kumar-1 | 6 | Mr. Deepak Kumar-II| +---+-----------------------+---+--------------------+ | 3 | Mr. Vaibhav Mehta | 7 | Ms. Vasundhra Chhaunkar| +---+-----------------------+---+--------------------+ | 4 | Ms. Swati Sharma | 8 | Mr. Abhishek Kumar | +---+-----------------------+---+--------------------+ The promotion on ad hoc basis shall not confer any right of absorption or seniority on the aforesaid officers in the cadre of Delhi Higher Judicial Service and in case of discontinuation of such Fast Track Special Courts, such officers shall revert back to their substantive Cadre of Delhi Judicial Service." By Order and in the Name of the Lt. Governor of National Capital Territory of Delhi, REETESH SINGH, Principal Secy. (Law, Justice & L.A.) Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. GORAKHA NATH YADAVA Digitally signed by GORAKHA NATH YADAVA Date: 2025.08.25 15:37:16+05'30'

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