Sandeep Kumar Azaad And ANR v. Union Of India And ORS

$~70 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 9964/2024 SANDEEP KUMAR AZAAD AND ANR .....Petitioners Through:

Mr. Nikunj Arora, Adv.

versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through:

Mr. Tanveer Ahmed Ansari, SPC with Mr. Hilal Haider (GP) & Mr.

Batul Khan, Advs.

SI Shiv Kumar Singh, CRPF.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE REKHA PALLI HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINDER KAUR

O R D E R

% 22.07.2024 1.

The petitioners have approached this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a direction to the respondents to grant them their due increments as per the ratio of the Apex Court's decision in Director (Admn. & HR) KPTCL & Ors. versus C.P. Mundinamani & Ors. [Civil Appeal No.2471/2023].

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Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that for the present, the petitioners will be satisfied in case, the respondents are directed to examine their claims in the light of the decision of the Apex Court in Director (Admn. & HR) KPTCL & Ors. (supra) in a time bound manner. 3.

Issue notice. Learned counsel for the respondents accepts notice and submits that since the claim of the petitioners is already under active consideration of the respondents, he has no objection if the petition is 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 03/07/2025 at 20:08:57

disposed of by directing the respondents to take a final decision in this regard in a time bound manner.

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In the light of this fair stand taken by the respondents, the writ petition is disposed of by directing the respondents to consider the petitioners' claims as raised in the present petition within a period of eight weeks from today by passing reasoned and speaking orders qua each of the petitioners. 5.

Needless to state while taking a decision on the petitioners' claims, the respondents will, take into account the decision of the Apex Court in Director (Admn. & HR) KPTCL & Ors. (supra). It is further made clear that, in case, the petitioners are aggrieved by any order passed by the respondents, it will be open for them to seek legal course as permissible in law.

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The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of in the aforesaid terms. REKHA PALLI, J SHALINDER KAUR, J JULY 22, 2024 ab 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 03/07/2025 at 20:08:57