Asstt Comdt Shekhar Rawat And ORS v. Union Of India And ORS

$~67 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 14980/2024 ASSTT COMDT SHEKHAR RAWAT AND ORS .....Petitioners Through:

Mr.Ajay Kr. Singh, Adv.

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

Mr.Shashank Dixit, CGSC, Mr.Gokul Sharma, GP

CORAM:

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

O R D E R

% 24.10.2024 CM APPL. 62805/2024 (Exemption) 1.

Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

W.P.(C) 14980/2024 2.

This petition has been filed by the petitioners, praying for the following relief:

"a. Direct the respondent No.2 to immediately re-fix the correct basic pay of petitioners in the rank of Assistant Commandant at par with their batchmate i.e. respondent no. 3 and 4 1.e. IRLA no. 12079 Asstt. Comdt. Shashi Ranjan and IRLA no. 12065 Asstt. Comdt.

Arun Kumar alongwith consequential benefits."

3.

The case of the petitioners is that their immediate junior, namely Devesh Panday (Assistant Commandant IRLA 10014), for certain reasons, which are peculiar to his case, is drawing a lesser pay 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 28/10/2024 at 13:06:19

scale than what is being drawn by his own juniors, that is the respondent nos. 3 and 4. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that, therefore, the pay of the petitioners should be fixed in parity with the respondent nos.3 and 4, who are one step junior to Shri Devesh Panday.

4.

Having considered the contents of the petition, we direct the respondents to consider the present petition of the petitioners as a representation and to decide upon the same within a period of twelve weeks from today by passing a speaking order thereon and communicating it to the petitioners.

5.

In case the petitioners are aggrieved of the decision so taken by the respondents, it shall be open to the petitioners to challenge the same in accordance with law.

6.

We make it clear that we have not expressed any opinion on the merit of the claim made by the petitioners.

7.

With the above directions, the present petition is disposed of. NAVIN CHAWLA, J SHALINDER KAUR, J OCTOBER 24, 2024/Arya/DG 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 28/10/2024 at 13:06:19