Air India Ltd v. Sh Rajpal Chautala & ORS

$~6 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + LPA 304/2015 AIR INDIA LTD ..... Appellant Through:

Mr.Lalit Bhasin, Ms.Ratna Dwivedi Dhingra , Ms.Bhavna Dhami & Mr.Ajay Pratap Singh, Advocates.

versus SH RAJPAL CHAUTALA & ORS ..... Respondents Through:

Mr.Vinay Sabharwal, Advocate.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIPIN SANGHI HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE REKHA PALLI

O R D E R

% 11.07.2017 Learned counsel for the appellant states that he has taken instructions in terms of order dated 21.07.2016 passed by this Court. He submits that since the mandatory deposit in the present case is Rs.57,029/- along with interest at the rate of 5%. The respondent has already retired in the year 2006.

The appellant does not wish to press the present appeal and wants to withdraw the same. He, however, states that the question of law raised in the present appeal be left open and the impugned judgment should not be treated as a binding precedent on the appellant so as to affect other cases in which the appellant is involved. The submission is fair and reasonable.

Accordingly, the present appeal is dismissed as withdrawn. It is made clear that the impugned order dated 30.01.2015 passed in W.P.(C) No.578/2001 shall not be a binding precedent on the appellant.

VIPIN SANGHI, J REKHA PALLI, J JULY 11, 2017 gm