East Delhi Municipal Corporation v. Raj Kumar Jain

$~4 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + RFA 591/2017 & CM Nos. 23268-70/2017 EAST DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION ..... Appellant Through:

Ms. Mini Pushkarna, standing counsel for EDMC with Ms. Anushruti and Ms. Vasundra Nayyar, Advs.

versus RAJ KUMAR JAIN ..... Respondent Through

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VALMIKI J. MEHTA

O R D E R

% 07.07.2017 1.

Learned counsel for the appellant states that appellant has filed the appeal without realizing that the impugned order only directs payment in terms of the scheme settled vide order dated 1.12.2016 in RFA Nos. 786/2016 and 192/2016 decided by a learned Single Judge of this Court. 2.

At the time of disposing of the appeal and the applications as not pressed it is prayed that court fee be refunded. 3.

Though Court fee is directed to be refunded but filing of the appeal by the appellant-East Delhi Municipal Corporation is completely an RFA 591/2017

irresponsible act.

Not only the filing of an appeal is an irresponsible act which has resulted in wastage of judicial time besides the time spent out of Court for going through the papers.

4.

Though the appeal and connected applications are disposed of as not pressed and Court fee is directed to be refunded to the appellant, for which Registry will issue the necessary certificate, however appellant is directed to pay costs of Rs. 5000/- to the website www.bharatkeveer.gov.in within a period of four weeks and receipt therefore accordingly will be filed in this Court.

5.

The appeal and connected applications are accordingly disposed of as not pressed with the aforesaid observations. VALMIKI J. MEHTA, J JULY 07, 2017 ib RFA 591/2017