In a setback for journalist Siddharth Varadarajan, one of the founding editors of digital news platform The Wire, the Delhi High Court Thursday recalled its earlier orders granting him relief in a case involving his PIO/OCI status, and took note of “suppression of material facts”. Justice Purushaindra Kaurav has now sought an explanation for his conduct on an affidavit and issued a notice. On Tuesday, the Delhi High Court set aside an April communication by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to Varadarajan, where the MHA had denied his request for converting his Person of Indian Origin (PIO) card to an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card. The court’s decision had come while deprecating the rejection of the request by the authorities without assigning any reasons. This order now stands recalled.…