$~13 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 5181/2019 SHRI SURENDER KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Bhuvneshwar Tyagi, Advocate.

Versus MAHARAJA AGARSAIN PUBLIC SCHOOL (RECOGNIZED)

AND ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Kamal Gupta, MINR Tripti Gupta, Mr. Sparsh Aggarwal, Mr.

Siddharth Arora, Advocates for R-1.

Mr. Naushad Ahmed Khan, Ms. Prajna Pandita, Advocates for R-

2/DoE.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA

O R D E R

% 04.02.2026

1. The Petitioner asserts that he was appointed as a PGT (Chemistry) with Respondent No. 1 School and joined duties on 04^th July, 2011. It is the Petitioner’s case that he successfully completed probation and continued in service in the same capacity; however, no formal confirmation letter was issued. In support, he relies upon the staff details for the academic year 2011–2012 prepared by Respondent No. 1, which records his date of joining as 04^th July, 2011.

2. The Petitioner states that he was initially paid a salary of INR 16,000/- per month and that his last drawn salary in March 2017 was INR

23,500/- per month. He contends that the Respondent School was statutorily obliged to pay him in accordance with the pay scales mandated under S