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HIGH COURT OF DELHI
Date of Decision: 12.12.2024
PRIYARANJAN .....Petitioner
Through: Adv. (appearance not given)
Through: Mr. Syed Ahaseeb, CGSC
HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINDER KAUR NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL)
JUDGMENT
1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.
2. This petition has been filed by the petitioner praying for the following reliefs:- “a. To issue a writ of mandamus or any such order by directing the Respondent No. 2 to 6 for calling the basic pay fixation record of the Petitioner INSP/GD Priyaranjan Force NO. 097190017 from the joining to till date in order to rectify the basic pay scale of the petitioner in interest of justice; b. To issue a writ of mandamus or any such order by directing the Respondent No. 2 to 6 to fix/correct the basic pay scale of the Petitioner @ Rs. 56,900/- for the - month of Feb 2024 alike to the juniors/similarly placed personnel; along with subsequent benefits arising there from: c. To issue a writ of mandamus or any such order by directing the respondent No. 2 to 6 to give the arrears to the petitioner after refixation of his basic pay scale and all subsequent benefits arising there from;”
3. The learned counsel for the petitioner places reliance on the Judgment of this Court in Pradeep Kumar v. Union of India & Ors., 2024 SCC OnLine Del 5171, and an Order dated 01.04.2019 passed in WP(C) No. 4448/2016 titled Vijayan V V v. Union of India & Ors., to submit that a similar claim of other personnel has been allowed.
4. Issue notice.
5. Notice is accepted by Mr. Syed Ahaseeb, learned counsel on behalf of the respondents.
6. Having considered the contents of the petition and having heard the learned counsels for the parties, we are of the opinion that the contents of the present petition should be treated as a representation of the petitioner and be decided by the respondents within a period of eight weeks from today, by way of a reasoned order.
7. In case the petitioner is found entitled to the relief as prayed for, the same be released to the petitioner forthwith. In case the order passed by the respondents is adverse to the interest of the petitioner, it shall be open to the petitioner to challenge the same in accordance with law. We make it clear that we have not expressed any opinion on the merits of the claim of the petitioner.
8. The petition is, accordingly, disposed of in the aforesaid terms.
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