(1.) Heard Sri Rahul Agarwal, learned counsel appearing along with learned counsel, Ms. Saumya Srivastava and Sri Ami Tandon for the petitioner and Sri Naveen Chand Gupta, learned counsel appearing along with learned counsel, Sri Gopal Varma, for the Union of India. This is a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, wherein the writ-petitioner has sought the following prayers along with certain ancillary reliefs: