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High Court of DelhiW.P.(C)/12454/2019

The Secretary/Dy. Secretary Delhi Minorities Commission And ANR. v. Sh. Rajender Pawar

2026-01-19Hon'Ble Mr. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri2 pages

$~18 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 12454/2019 and CM APPL. 50844/2019 (stay) THE SECRETARY/DY. SECRETARY DELHI MINORITIES COMMISSION AND ANR.

.....Petitioners Through: Mrs.Avnish Ahlawat, Standing Counsel for GNCTD with Mr.Nitesh Kumar, Ms.Aliza Alam and Mr.Mohnish Sehrawat, Advocates versus SH. RAJENDER PAWAR .....Respondent Through: Mr.Ram Anuragh Singh, Mr.Vivek Singh, Mr.Ravi Pandey and Mr.Harsh Raj, Advocates

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR OHRI

O R D E R

% 19.01.2026 1.

By way of the present petition, the petitioner/management has impugned the award dated 24.07.2019 passed by the learned Labour Court, Rouse Avenue Courts, New Delhi in LIR No.2783/2016. 2.

Learned Standing Counsel for the petitioners, on instructions, submits that as a goodwill gesture and considering the lapse of time, without prejudice to their rights and contentions, the petitioners, having already deposited the award amount, have no objection if the compensation amount as awarded by the Labour Court, is released to the respondent. 3.

Learned counsel for the respondent submits that though the award was passed on 24.07.2019 and this Court directed the petitioners to deposit the award amount on 26.11.2019, the said amount came to be deposited only after much delay. The office noting shows that the award amount deposited 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 21/01/2026 at 13:54:29

is lying in the form of an FDR dated 11.08.2021. 4.

In view of the statement made on behalf of the petitioners, let the aforesaid amount, alongwith the interest accrued thereupon, be released to the respondent. Further, as the amount was deposited after a period of about 15 months, the petitioners are directed to pay a further sum of Rs.20,000/-, over and above the deposited amount, to the respondent within a period of four weeks from today.

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In view of the above, the present petition is disposed of, alongwith the pending application.

MANOJ KUMAR OHRI, J JANUARY 19, 2026 na 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 21/01/2026 at 13:54:29