Vijai Prakash Agrawal v. Union Of India & ANR

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

+ VIJAI PRAKASH AGRAWAL ..... Petitioner Through:

Mr. G. Tushar Rao, Advocate.

versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR.

..... Respondents Through:

Ms. Anjana Gosain, Advocate for R1.

Mr. Dig Vijay Rai, Advocate for R-2.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VALMIKI J. MEHTA

O R D E R

% 16.11.2016 CM No.10250/2014(seeking discharge of disciplinary charges held against the petitioner) & W.P.(C) No. 1754/2014 1.

The relief claimed in this writ petition was with respect to the claim of entitlement of the petitioner to continue as a Chairman of respondent no. 2/Airport Authority of India/employer till the age of superannuation by granting of extension by the respondent no. 2/employer to the petitioner.

2.

Since the relief prayed in this writ petition is formally infructuous as petitioner has reached the age of superannuation, this writ petition is disposed of as not pressed with liberty to the petitioner to file a writ petition,

including on the cause of action as pleaded in the present writ petition, for grant of appropriate monetary benefits.

3.

Counsel for the petitioner states that petitioner will file a writ petition seeking appropriate monetary benefits from the respondent no.2/employer and will include in such writ petition all other necessary parties as respondents so that petitioner gets his monetary benefits in accordance with law and liberty accordingly be granted and which is granted. 4.

At this stage, it is stated that petitioner had deposited an amount of Rs.10 lacs in this Court on account of petitioner occupying the premises of the respondent no.2 and counsel for respondent no.2 states that out of the said amount of Rs.10 lacs, an amount of Rs.8,23,052 has to be refunded to the petitioner as this amount is not due from the petitioner to the respondent no.2 as license fee for the period of stay of the petitioner in the premises of the respondent no.2. Accordingly, let an amount of Rs.1,76,948/- be paid to the respondent no.2 out of the amount deposited in Court by the petitioner and the balance amount of Rs.8,23,052/- be released to the petitioner.Both the parties will be entitled to interest as accrued on these amounts on account of the amount being put in a fixed deposit by this Court when the

said amount was deposited by the petitioner.

5.

The petition is accordingly disposed of giving the aforesaid liberty. VALMIKI J. MEHTA, J NOVEMBER 16, 2016 ib