DR. M.C. PANDEY vs UNION OF INDIA & ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 8270/2017, CM APPLs. 34041/2017 & 29348/2018 DR. M.C. PANDEY .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sudeep Singh and Mr. Rishabh Bhardwaj, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR .....Respondents Through: Ms. Sangeeta Rai, Sr. PC for UOI CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 28.04.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. The petitioner retired from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police1 in 1999. On the basis of the pay scale of ₹12,000-375-16,500/-, which was being drawn by him at that time, he was sanctioned pension @ ₹8,523/- w.e.f. 1 November 1999. We deem it appropriate to provide a screen shot of the Pension Payment Order2 issued by the respondents thus: 1 “ITBP”, hereinafter 2 “PPO”, hereinafter 2. Subsequently, in 2006, consequent on the recommendation of the 6th Central Pay Commission, the petitioner’s pension was revised to ₹20,955/-. 3. The petitioner continued to be paid the revised pension till 2016. In 2016, the respondents claim to have realised that, while re- fixing his pension in 2006, the petitioner’s pay scale have been erroneously fixed, by treating his pay scale as ₹14,300-400-18,300/- instead