Mritunjay Mishra v. Union of India and Anr

Delhi High Court · 15 Mar 2023 · 2023:DHC:1903-DB
Suresh Kumar Kait; Neena Bansal Krishna
W.P.(C) 3163/2023
2023:DHC:1903-DB
administrative petition_dismissed

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The Delhi High Court dismissed the writ petition seeking pension and benefits on grounds of delay and laches after dismissal from service and exhaustion of statutory remedies.

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Neutral Citation Number: 2023:DHC:1903-DB
W.P.(C) 3163/2023
HIGH COURT OF DELHI
Date of Decision: 15th March, 2023
W.P.(C) 3163/2023 & CM APPL. 12209/2023
MRITUNJAY MISHRA ..... Petitioner
Through: Mr. Khushhal Aggarwal, Mr. Saurabh Sharma, Mr. Vishal Arun Mishra, Mr. Jaskaran Singh Bhandari and Ms. Supriti, Advocates
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA AND ANR .... Respondents
Through: Ms. Richa Dhawan, Senior Panel Counsel with Ms. Vidhi Gupta, GP, Mr. Shubham Pundhir and Mr. Anuj Chaturvedi, Advocates
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURESH KUMAR KAIT
HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA
JUDGMENT
(oral)

1. Vide this petition, petitioner is seeking directions to respondent No.2 to take necessary steps to release the pension as well as other applicable benefits to the petitioner.

2. It is not in dispute that petitioner was dismissed from service vide order dated 23.12.1983. Being aggrieved, petitioner filed a revision petition which was dismissed vide order dated 03.12.1986. Thereafter, petitioner again being aggrieved filed a review petition before the competent authority and the same was also dismissed vide order dated 03.07.1987. Thereafter, 17:34 Neutral Citation Number: 2023:DHC:1903-DB W.P.(C) 3163/2023 petitioner continued to file representations here and there, however, the same were filed without any statutory provisions. Now, the petitioner has filed present petition for the said relief(s).

3. In view of above, this petition is hit by delay and laches.

4. Accordingly, the present petition is dismissed.

5. Pending application also stands dismissed.

(SURESH KUMAR KAIT) JUDGE (NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA)

JUDGE MARCH 15, 2023 17:34