Icar And ORS v. Chandra Shekhar And ORS

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

+ W.P.(C) 2314/2024 and CM APPL. 9593/2024 ICAR AND ORS .....Petitioners Through:

Mr. Dhruv Sheoran and Mr.

Archit Upadhayay, Advs.

versus CHANDRA SHEKHAR AND ORS .....Respondents Through:

Ms. Shraddha Saxena, Mr.

Vijay Prakash Saxena, Mr.

Astiva Jaiswal, Mr. Gagan Gandhi, Mr. Saurabh Trivedi and Ms. Aakriti Saxena, Advs.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN

O R D E R

% 25.03.2026 1.

The paragraph No.4 of the order dated 14.09.2023 [hereinafter referred to as „Impugned Order‟] passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi („Tribunal‟) reads as under:

"4. In view of the above, the present O.A. is disposed of with a direction(s) to the competent authority amongst the respondents to consider the case of the applicant(s) for grant of increment in light of the decision passed by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the matter of KPTCL (supra), thereby passing appropriate orders for re-fixing of pay / pension and grant of arrears thereto in accordance with law. The said exercise be completed, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this Order and a copy of the speaking order so passed be given to the applicant(s). It is made clear that we have not entered into the merits of the case." 2.

The Petitioner has been directed by the Tribunal only to pass appropriate orders for grant of increments in light of the decision passed by the Supreme Court in Director (Admn. and HR) KPTCL v. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 30/03/2026 at 17:48:00

C.P. Mundinamani1.

3.

Learned counsel for the Petitioner has failed to explain the basis for filing the present writ petition, particularly when the Petitioner was granted liberty to pass appropriate orders. Moreover, the last line of paragraph No.4 of the impugned order clearly records that the Tribunal had not entered into the merits of the case. 4.

Keeping view the aforesaid facts, the present Petition, along with pending application, is dismissed.

ANIL KSHETARPAL, J.

AMIT MAHAJAN, J.

MARCH 25, 2026 s.godara/kb 1 2023 SCC OnLine SC 401 The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 30/03/2026 at 17:48:00