PRAVIN GUPTA & ORS vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS

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$~56 & 57 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 8679/2018 PRAVIN GUPTA & ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Adv. with Ms. Sidra Khan and Mr. Ishu Dikshit, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr Manish Mohan CGSC, Mr Jatin Teotia and Mr. Varenyum, Advs. for UOI Ms. Avshreya Pratap Singh Rudy, SPC for UOI Mr. Siddharth, Standing Counsel for EPFO with Ms. Rashmi Malhotra, Mr. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Mr. Prateek Goyal and Mr. Harshit Manwani, Advs. + W.P.(C) 3236/2024 & CM APPL. 56154/2024, CM APPL. 65939/2024 SUNIL KUMAR & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Shadan Farasat, Sr Adv; Ms. Natasha Maheshwari, Adv; Mr. Bharat Gupta, Adv; Ms. Swapnil Shukla, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr Manish Mohan CGSC, Mr Jatin Teotia and Mr. Varenyum, Advs. for UOI Ms. Zehra Khan, Ms. Ravicha Sharma, Advs. with Ms. Rajni Arora, AGM, APEDA for R-3 Mr. Siddharth, Standing Counsel for EPFO Signature Not Verified with Ms. Rashmi Malhotra, Mr. Amit WP (C) 8679/2018 & WP (C) 3236/2024 Digitally Signed By:AJIT Page 1 of 10 KUMAR Signing Date:21.08.2025 19:00:41 Kumar Agrawal, Mr. Prateek Goyal and Mr. Harshit Manwani, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 19.08.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. These writ petitions involve an identical controversy. For the sake of convenience, we refer to the facts in WP (C) 8679/2018. 2. The petitioners were appointed to various posts, pursuant to advertisement dated 5 September 1987 issued by the Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority1, which specifically assured them that they would be paid superannuation benefits of gratuity and pension etc., as applicable to employees of the Government