DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER & ANR vs BHUP SINGH

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 08.12.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 11.12.2025 + W.P.(C) 3013/2007, CM APPL 27131/2021 & CM APPL 27130/2021 DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER & ANR .....Petitioners Through: Mrs. Avnish Ahlawat, Standing Counsel (GNCTD) with Mr. Nitesh Kumar Singh, Ms. Aliza Alam and Mr. Mohnish Sehrawat, Advocates. Versus BHUP SINGH .....Respondent Through: None. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA JUDGMENT CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J. 1. This writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India has been filed by the management in ID No. 94/2003 on the file of the Court of Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal II, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi (the Tribunal), aggrieved by the Award dated 10.11.2006, by which the termination of the Signature Not Verified W.P.(C) 3013/2007 Page 1 of 18 Signed By:KOMAL DHAWAN Signing Date:11.12.2025 16:50:14 workman, namely, Bhup Singh, was held to be illegal and unjustified and so, the management has been directed to reinstate and regularise him in the pay scale in respect of his post, giving him consequential benefits of regularisation from the date of his termination, that is, on 01.08.1987. 2. In this writ petition, the parties will be referred to as described in the statement of claim filed before the Industrial Tribunal. 3. In the statement of claim filed by the workman, it is alleged thus: the workman was initially employed as Mali in the year 1979 and was posted at Dhasa Drain, Rawta, 8 No. Nullah, Najafgarh, Delhi. The workman had been performing his duties duly and faithfully. He had been working continuously from the date of his appointment. His service was terminated with effect from 01.08.1987 on the ground that he indulged in illicit felling and selling of trees