Order

09/02/2026

1. The instant writ petition has been filed with the following prayer:-

"(i) To issue an appropriate writ/order/direction quashing and setting aside the order dated 18.6.2014 in part whereby salary and wages for the period between 14.6.2006 and 31.7.2010 have been denied and further direct the respondents to make the payment of wages of the aforesaid period with interest @ 18% p.a.

(ii) any other writ/order/direction which this court deems fit & proper in the facts & circumstances of the case may also be passed in favour of the petitioner.

(iii) award cost of the petition."

2. The petitioner challenged his compulsory retirement order before the departmental appellate authority, and vide order dated 18.08.2014, the appellate authority quashed and set aside the compulsory retirement and denied the wages for the intervening period as the petitioner did not discharge any work during the said period.

3. It is contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner's wages and salary were denied for the period between 14.06.2006 and 31.07.2010 without any ground. It is also contended that the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Shobha Ram Raturi Vs. Haryana Vidyut