R. S. Madireddy vs Union of India & Ors. Etc.

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2024 Supreme(SC) 476

B. R. GAVAI, SANDEEP MEHTA
R. S. Madireddy – Appellant
Versus
Union of India & Ors. Etc. – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioners: Mr. Sanjay Singhavi, Sr. Adv., Mr. Sandeep Sudhakar Deshmukh, AOR, Ms. Rohini Thyagarajan, Adv., Ms. Shanvi Punamiya, Adv., Mr. Nishant Sharma, Adv., Mr. Akshay Arora, Adv., Ms. Nupur Kumar, AOR, Mr. Karan Nagrath, Adv., Mr. Ambuj Tiwari, Adv., Ms. Niharika Tanwar, Adv.
For the Respondents: Mr. Mohit Singh, AOR, Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv., Mr. S. Niranjan Reddy, Sr. Adv., Mr. Avishkar Singhvi, Adv., Ms. Rukhmini Bobde, Adv., Mr. Amit Kumar Mishra, Adv., Mr. Azeem Samuel, Adv., Ms. Mitakshara Goyal, Adv., Mr. L Nidhiram Sharma, Adv., Mr. Kaustubh Seth, Adv., Mr. Akhil Kumar Kulshrestha, Adv., Ms. Akhila, Adv., Mr. Shivam Singh, Adv., Ms. Yashika Nagpal, Adv., Mr. Vivek Kumar, Adv., Mr. Naved Ahmed, Adv., Mr. Amlaan Kumar, Adv., Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR, Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, ASG, Ms. B.L.N. Shivani, Adv., Ms. Manisha Chava, Adv., Mr. Santosh Kumar Pandey, AOR.

1. Leave granted.

2. The present appeals are filed challenging the common impugned judgment and order dated 20th September, 2022 passed by the Division Bench of the High Court of Bombay thereby dismissing four writ petitions instituted by the appellants being the former employees of respondent No.3 i.e. Air India Limited(hereinafter referred to as ‘AIL’) as members of its cabin crew force. Appellants came to be employed in AIL in the late 1980s and all of them retired between 2016 and 2018.

3. Writ Petition Nos. 123 of 2014¹[Filed on 30th August, 2013] and 844 of 2014²[Filed on 09th October, 2014] were filed for alleged stagnation in pay and non-promotion of the employees. Writ Petition No. 844 of 2014 additionally raised issues of anomalies in the fixation of pay arising out of and for implementation of the report of the Justice Dharmadhikari Committee³[Constituted by the respondent No.1 i.e. Union of India(through its Ministry of Civil Aviation) to harmonize the differential service conditions of AIL and Indian Airlines Ltd, which came to be merged]. Writ Petition Nos. 1770 of 2011⁴[Filed on 14th June, 2011] and 1536 of 2013⁵[Filed on 19th March, 2013], pertained to the delay in pa

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2024 Supreme(SC) 476

B. R. GAVAI, SANDEEP MEHTAR. S. Madireddy – AppellantVersusUnion of India & Ors. Etc. – Respondent

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B. R. GAVAI, SANDEEP MEHTA
R. S. Madireddy – Appellant
Versus
Union of India & Ors. Etc. – Respondent