ORDER

(Delivered by Hon’ble Mr. Justice Om Prakash VII, Member (J)

1. Shri Vinod Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioners and Shri Rajni Kant Rai, learned counsel for the respondents, are present.

2. The instant contempt petition vide no. 104 of 2024 was filed by the petitioners alleging willful disobedience and non-compliance of the order dated 06.11.2023 passed by this Tribunal in Original Application No. 245 of 2016.

3. Referring to the contents of the contempt petition, learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the subject OA was allowed in favour of the applicants and the respondents were directed to extend the benefit of 55% elements in retiral benefits / pension in the running allowance which would enhance pension and other retiral dues, which shall be paid to the applicant from the date of their retirement. To complete the exercise, a time of three months from the date of receipt of certified copy of the order was granted to the respondents. However, even after the expiry of the prescribed time limit, when the order was not complied with, the petitioners approached through the instant contempt petition. Learned counsel further argued that despite the Tribunal’s inte