$~24 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 24.03.2026 + W.P.(C) 12427/2022 SURAMPAL SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Mr. Ujjwal K. Priyadarshi, Mr. Rishit Kumar, Mr. Harshit Sharma and Mr. Aashish Kumar, Advs.

versus STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Yeeshu Jain, ASC along with Ms. Jyoti Tyagi, Ms. Vishruti Pandey and Mr. Sachin Garg, Advs. for R – 1 to 4.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN J U D G M E N T (ORAL)

AMIT MAHAJAN, J.:

1. Through the present petition, the Petitioner has challenged the correctness of the order dated 11.07.2022 (hereafter ‘impugned order’), passed in OA No. 1725/2022, whereby the learned Central Administrative Tribunal rejected the Petitioner’s prayer for grant of back wages.

2. Briefly stated, the Petitioner was employed as a Trained Graduate Teacher in the Directorate of Education of GNCTD. By way of order dated 18.01.2011, the Petitioner was placed under suspension from 24.11.2010 pursuant to his arrest in FIR No. 35/2008, registered at Police Station Gulawati Buland Sahar, Uttar Pradesh, for offences under Sections 147, 148, 149, 307, 504 and 506 of the Ind