Ex Ac Hamir Singh & ORS v. Union Of India & ORS.

$~45 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 13783/2024 EX AC HAMIR SINGH & ORS .....Petitioners Through:

Mr.Abhay Kumar Bhargava, Mr.Satyaarth Sinha & Mr.

Wungram Sem Champuiroo, Advs.

versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

.....Respondents Through:

Mrs.Abha Malhotra, SCGC with Mr.Gokul Sharma, GP.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINDER KAUR

O R D E R

% 01.10.2024 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 in light of the decision of the Supreme Court in Director (Admn. & HR) KPTCL & Ors. versus C.P.Mundinamani & Ors. 2023 SCC OnLine SC 401. 2.

The 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 light of the decision of the Supreme Court in Director (Admn. & HR) KPTCL & Ors. (supra) in a time-bound manner.

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Issue notice.

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Notice is accepted by Mrs.Abha Malhotra, learned counsel on behalf of the respondents. She has no objection if the present petition is disposed of by directing the respondents to take a final decision regarding the petitioners claim in a time-bound manner. 5.

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

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Needless to state, while taking a decision on the petitioners' claim, the respondents will take into account the decision dated 11.04.2023 of the Supreme Court in Director (Admn. & HR) KPTCL & Ors. (supra) read with the clarificatory order passed by the Supreme Court in S.L.P. (C) 4722/2021 on 06.09.2024. 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 recourse as permissible in law.

NAVIN CHAWLA, J SHALINDER KAUR, J OCTOBER 1, 2024/rv/DG/SJ Click here to check corrigendum, if any 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 07/10/2024 at 15:56:51