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2021 Supreme(Online)(DEL) 3677
THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment delivered on: November 16, 2021 + W.P.(C) 3746/2020 SHIKHA SHARMA ..... Petitioner versus GURU HARKRISHAN PUBLIC SCHOOL & ORS. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 6407/2018, CM No. 32146/2021 HARDAYAL SINGH ..... Petitioner versus DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION AND ORS. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 7105/2018, CM No. 32439/2021 JASWANT KAUR & ORS ..... Petitioners versus DIRECTORATE OF EDUCAITON & ORS ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 11783/2018, CM No. 8059/2021 SMT. VINOD VERMA ..... Petitioner versus DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION AND ORS. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 11801/2018, CM No. 7545/2021 SUMAN SHARMA ..... Petitioner versus DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION & ORS ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 11819/2018, CM No. 27421/2021 SATWANT KAUR SABHARWAL ..... Petitioner versus DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATON & ORS ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 12484/2018, CM No. 32023/2021 DAIZY KAUR AND ORS. ..... Petitioners versus DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION AND ORS. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 13997/2018, CM Nos. 33884/2021 & 33885/2021 MOHANJEET KAUR AND ORS. ..... Petitioners versus DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION AND ORS. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 5488/2019, CM No. 33651/2021 T. P. SINGH ..... Petitioner versus DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION AND ORS. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 5513/2019, CM No. 33890/2021 PUNITA KAUR ..... Petitioner versus DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND ORS. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 5834/2019 SMT. MANDEEP KAUR ..... Petitioner versus DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION AND ORS. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 11151/2019, CM Nos. 45932/2019, 28325/2021, 28326/2021 & 28327/2021 PARAMJIT KAUR BATRA ..... Petitioner versus DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION SECRETARY & ORS ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 11152/2019, CM No. 27415/2021 MOHANJEET KAUR ..... Petitioner versus DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION SECRETARY & ORS ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 11236/2019, CM Nos. 46274/2019 & 6738/2020 HARMEET KAUR ANAND ..... Petitioner versus DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION THROUGH:
SECRETARY & ORS ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 11594/2019, CM Nos. 33886/2021 & 33887/2021 MANDEEP KAUR & ORS ..... Petitioners versus DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION THROUGH:
SECRETARY & ORS ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 12006/2019 ANITA AWASTHI ..... Petitioner versus DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATON & ORS. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 12007/2019, CM Nos. 33891/2021 & 33892/2021 SURINDER SINGH & ORS. ..... Petitioners versus DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION & ORS. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 12039/2019, CM No. 33883/2021 GURMEET KAUR AND ORS. ..... Petitioners versus DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION AND ORS. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 13592/2019, CM No. 33655/2021 MRS. AMARJEET KAUR AND ORS. ..... Petitioners versus SCHOOL MANAGEMENT OF GURU HARKRISHAN PUBLIC SCHOOL AND ORS. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 13776/2019, CM No. 33872/2021 MR. AJEET KUMAR AND ORS. ..... Petitioners versus SCHOOL MANAGEMENT OF GURU HARKRISHAN PUBLIC SCHOOL, KALKAJI BRANCH AND ORS. .... Respondents + W.P.(C) 1521/2020, CM No. 31821/2021 VANDANA & ORS ..... Petitioners versus DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION THROUGH SECRETARY & ORS ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 3595/2020 DELHI SIKH GURUDWARA MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE & ANR. ..... Petitioners versus GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 3703/2020, CM Nos. 23747/2020, 25629/2020, 27703/2020 & 27224/2021 GURU HARKISHAN PUBLIC SCHOOL STAFF WELFARE ASSOCIATION (REDG.) ..... Petitioner versus DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION AND ORS ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 5785/2020, CM No. 33990/2021 JAGDEV SINGH ..... Petitioner versus DELHI SIKH GURUDWARA MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE & ORS. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 8967/2020, CM Nos. 28946/2020, 33590/2020, 2539/2021, 4106/2021 & 31826/2021 PUSHPINDER KAUR & ORS. ..... Petitioners versus GURU HARKRISHAN PUBLIC SCHOOL & ORS. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 777/2021, CM Nos. 1974/2021 & 34082/2021 PRAVEEN KAUR AND ORS ..... Petitioners versus DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION & ORS. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 332/2021, CM Nos. 875/2021, 876/2021 & 23397/2021 SMT PARVEEN BEHL AND ORS ..... Petitioners versus DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION & ORS. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 1756/2021 GURVINDER KAUR ..... Petitioner versus DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION & ORS. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 1898/2021, CM No. 5502/2021 ARVINDER KAUR KALRA & ANR. ..... Petitioners versus SCHOOL MANAGEMENT OF GURU HARKRISHAN PUBLIC SCHOOL & ORS. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 4735/2021, CM No. 14604/2021 RITU MALHOTRA ..... Petitioner versus SCHOOL MANAGEMENT OF GURU HARKRISHAN PUBLIC SCHOOL & ORS. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 6836/2021, CM No. 30018/2021 MR. S.SAHIB SINGH & ORS. ..... Petitioners versus DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION & ORS. .... Respondents + W.P.(C) 8842/2021, CM Nos. 27509/2021, 27510/2021 & 34051/2021 DALIP KAUR & ANR. ..... Petitioners versus DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION & ANR. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 9706/2021 PUSHPINDER KAUR & ORS. ..... Petitioners versus GURU HARKRISHAN PUBLIC SCHOOL & ORS. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 9721/2021 MRS. TEJINDER PAL GUJRAL ..... Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 10514/2021, CM No. 32378/2021 AMARJIT SINGH ..... Petitioner versus DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION ..... Respondent + W.P.(C) 10678/2021 MS RAVINDER KAUR BHATIA ..... Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 10679/2021 MS. BHUPINDER KAUR ..... Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 10713/2021 SIMRANJEET KAUR AND ORS ..... Petitioners versus DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION AND ORS ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 10758/2021 MS SUNEETA VOHRA ..... Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 10929/2021 & CM No. 33688/2021 BHARTI KAUR CHANI ..... Petitioner versus SCHOOL MANAGEMENT OF GURU HARKRISHAN PUBLIC SCHOOL KALKAJI & ORS. ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 11019/2021 & CM. No. 33960/2021 AMITA SAKSENA AND ORS ..... Petitioners versus DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION AND ORS ..... Respondents + W.P.(C) 11025/2021 & CM No. 33997/2021 HARVINDER KAUR JAGGI AND ANR ..... Petitioners versus DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION AND ORS ..... Respondents AND + W.P.(C) 11030/2021 & CM No. 34012/2021 HARJEET KAUR AND ORS ..... Petitioners versus DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION AND ORS ..... Respondents Through: Mr. Mangesh Naik, Mr. Abhishek Aggarwal, Mr.
Parminder Singh Goindi, Mr. Nikhilesh Kumar, Mr. Abhishek Kr. Dev, Mr. Atul Kumar, Mr. Abhimanyu Sharma, Mr. R.K. Saini, Mr. Ankit Singh, Mr. Chetan Anand, Mr. Akash Srivastava and Mr. Kartik Malhotra, Advs. for petitioners.
Mrs. Avnish Ahlawat, SC (GNCTD) (services), Mrs. Tania Ahlawat, Mr. Nitesh Kumar Singh, Ms. Palak Rohemetra, Ms.Vibha Mahajan Seth, Mr. V. Balaji, Panel Adv., Ms. Neha Singh, Ms. Ruchira Gupta, Ms. Akanksha Sisodia, Ms. Mini Pushkarna, Ms. Khushboo Nahar, Ms. Latika Malhotra, Mr. Rizwan, Ms. Latika Chaudhary, Mr. Yeeshu Jain, ASC, Ms. Jyoti Tyagi, Mr. Naushad Ahmad Khan, ASC, Mr. Zahid, Ms. Manish Chauhan, Mr. Gaurav Dhingra and Ms. Shobhana Oberoi, Advs. for respondent / DOE.
Mr. Santosh Kumar Tripathi, SC (Civil), Mr. Arun Panwar, Mr. Siddharth Krishna Dwivedi, Mr. Zoheb Hossain, ASC and Mr. Vivek Gurnani, Advs. for GNCTD.
Mr. Jaswinder Singh, Mr. Niraj Kumar, Sr. Central Govt. Counsel, Mr. Manish Mohan, CGSC and Ms. Manisha Saroha, Adv. for UOI.
Mr. Abinash Kumar Mishra, Adv. for DSGMC.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO
J U D G M E N T
V. KAMESWAR RAO, J CM No. 33885/2021 in W.P.(C) 13997/2018 CM Nos. 28326/2021 & 28327/2021 in W.P.(C) 11151/2019 CM No. 33887/2021 in W.P.(C) 11594/2019 CM No. 33892/2021 in W.P.(C) 12006/2019 CM No. 875/2021 in W.P.(C) 332/2021 CM No. 27509/2021 in W.P.(C) 8842/2021 Exemption allowed subject to all just exceptions.
Applications are disposed of.
CM No. 33884/2021 in W.P.(C) 13997/2018 CM No. 33651/2021 in W.P.(C) 5488/2019 CM No. 28325/2021 in W.P.(C) 11151/2019 CM No. 27415/2021 in W.P.(C) 11152/2019 CM No. 33886/2021 in W.P.(C) 11594/2019 CM No. 33891/2021 in W.P.(C) 12007/2019 CM No. 33883/2021 in W.P.(C) 12039/2019 CM No. 4106/2021 in W.P.(C) 8967/2020 CM No. 22890/2021 in W.P.(C) 5513/2019 CM No. 27421/2021 in W.P.(C) 11819/2018 These applications are for early hearing of the respective writ petitions. The writ petitions have been heard and reserved for judgment.
These applications are disposed of as having been allowed.
CM No. 6738/2020 in W.P.(C) 11236/2019 This application has been filed by the respondent seeking extension of time for filing the counter-affidavit by four weeks. It is seen from the record that counter-affidavit has not been filed. Since, I have heard the parties finally, this application is dismissed as infructuous.
W.P.(C) 6407/2018, W.P.(C) 7105/2018, W.P.(C) 12484/2018, W.P.(C) 13997/2018, W.P.(C) 5488/2019, W.P.(C) 5834/2019, W.P.(C) 11151/2019, W.P.(C) 11152/2019, W.P.(C) 11236/2019, W.P.(C) 11594/2019, W.P.(C) 12006/2019, W.P.(C) 12007/2019, W.P.(C) 12039/2019, W.P.(C) 1521/2020, W.P.(C) 3595/2020, W.P.(C) 3703/2020, W.P.(C) 3746/2020, W.P.(C) 5785/2020, W.P.(C) 8967/2020, W.P.(C) 777/2021, W.P.(C) 332/2021, W.P.(C) 1756/2021, W.P.(C) 1898/2021, W.P.(C) 4735/2021, W.P.(C) 6836/2021, W.P.(C) 8842/2021, W.P.(C) 9706/2021, W.P.(C) 9721/2021, W.P.(C) 10514/2021, W.P.(C) 10678/2021, W.P.(C) 10679/2021, W.P.(C) 10713/2021, W.P.(C) 10758/2021, W.P.(C) 10929/2021, W.P.(C) 11019/2021, W.P.(C) 11025/2021, W.P.(C) 11030/2021 & W.P.(C) 5513/2019
1. This batch of writ petitions have been filed by the Teachers of Guru Harkrishan Public Schools and also the Association being Guru Harkishan Public School Staff Welfare Association against the Directorate of Education and the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (‘DSGMC’, for short) / Guru Harkrishan Public School, New Delhi (‘GHPS’, for short) seeking benefits of the 6th Central Pay Commission (‘6th CPC’, for short) along with the arrears, benefits under the 7th Central Pay Commission (‘7th CPC’, for short) and arrears, and retiral benefits such as gratuity, leave encashment along with interest and costs. Some of the petitioners have also sought dearness allowance, transport allowance, benefits of 2nd MACP, 3rd MACP and retiral benefits. Since the grievance of the Teachers in these petitions is similar / identical, I deem it appropriate to decide them through this combined judgment / order. For the sake of convenience, I have culled out the facts from writ petition No.3746/2020 for the purpose of deciding the issues arising from these petitions.
2. This petition has been filed by the petitioner with the following prayers:-
“In the light of the above-mentioned facts and circumstances, it is respectfully prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to:
i) Issue a writ of mandamus, or any other appropriate writ order or directions in the nature of Mandamus directing the Respondents No.1 and 2 to release the arrears of 6th Pay Commission as per the guidelines and recommendations of 6th Pay Commission (after fixing the salary scale) along with interest @ 12%
p.a.; and ii) Issue a Writ, order or any other appropriate writ order or directions in the nature of Mandamus directing the Respondents No.1 and 2 to implement the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission and refix the salary of the Petitioner as per the recommendation of 7th Pay Commission in her respective appropriate corresponding pay scale / grade and thereafter calculate and release the retirement
