* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 15^th April, 2026.

Pronounced on: 22^nd April, 2026.

Uploaded on: 22^nd April, 2026.

+ W.P.(C) 1676/2023 B L KOLI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rajender Gulati, Mr. V.C. Bharti and Mr. I.P. Singh, Advocates.

versus UNITED INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LTD & ORS.

.....Respondents Through: Mr. Abhishek Kumar Gola, Advocate for R-1.

+ W.P.(C) 8050/2013 & CM APPLs. 5717/2019, 73344/2025 BABU LAL KOLI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rajender Gulati, Mr. V.C. Bharti and Mr. I.P. Singh, Advocates.

versus UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD .....Respondent Through: Mr. Abhishek Kumar Gola, Advocate for R-1.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA

JUDGMENT

SANJEEV NARULA, J.:

1. These two writ petitions are being disposed of by this common order because they arise from the same service relationship, concern overlapping claims to retiral and service benefits, and substantially converge upon the legal effect of the disciplinary proceedings initiated against the Petitioner while he was in service and continued after his retirement. The earlier petition, W.P.(C.) 8050/2013, was directed principally to promotional and retiral consequences. The later petition, W.P.(C.