Union Of India Through The Director, Lady Hardinge Medical College And Kalawati Saran Children Hosp v. Sewak Ram And ORS

$~47 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + LPA 356/2026 & CM APPLs. 32193/2026 & 32195-96/2026 UNION OF INDIA THROUGH THE DIRECTOR, LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE AND KALAWATI SARAN CHILDREN HOSPITAL .....Appellant Through:

Mr.Ashish K. Dixit, CGSC with Mr.Umar Hashmi, Ms.Iqra Sheikh, Ms.Deepika Kalra and Ms.Urmila Sharma, Advs. along with Mr.O.P.

Narang (A.O.) and Mr.Jitender Dawla (L.A.).

Mr.Devvrat Yadav, SPC for UOI with Mr.Kartik Sharma, GP.

versus SEWAK RAM AND ORS .....Respondents Through:

Mr.

Surya Prakash, Adv.

with Mr.Rohit Job Zachriah, Mr.Kawalpreet Kaur and Ms.Raksha Awasya, Advs.

CORAM:

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA

O R D E R

% 13.05.2026 CM APPL. 32194/2026 (for delay of 237 and 73 days in filing the appeal) CM APPL. 32197/2026 (for delay of 21 days in re-filing the appeal) 1.

Heard the learned counsel for the appellant.

2.

The Registry has reported a delay of 237 days in filing the appeal (impugned order dated 11.07.2025) and a delay of 73 days in filing the appeal (impugned order dated 22.12.2025), both passed in W.P.(C) 10490/2023. The Registry has also reported a further delay of 21 days in refiling the appeal. 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 16/05/2026 at 12:12:26

3.

We have perused the application filed in support of the prayer for condonation of delay, where no explanation, even for the name sake has been offered by the appellant except that the appellant is a Government organization and that the matter had to be examined at various levels. 4.

For the aforesaid reasons, we are not satisfied with the cause explained for condonation of delay. Accordingly, the application seeking condonation of delay of 237 days and a delay of 73 days in filing the appeal, is hereby dismissed.

5.

Resultantly, the appeal is also stands dismissed along with pending applications.

6.

At this juncture, learned counsel for the appellant states that the order of attachment has been passed for executing the Award made by the competent authority and requests that six weeks time may be granted to the appellant to comply with the Award.

7.

Accordingly, having regard to the aforesaid facts, we direct that subject to the compliance of the order passed by the competent authority under Minimum Wages Act within six weeks from today, the attachment order shall stand deferred and in case the order of the competent authority is not complied with in six weeks time, all possible measures shall be available to be taken against the appellant.

DEVENDRA KUMAR UPADHYAYA, CJ TEJAS KARIA, J MAY 13, 2026 "shailndra"

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