MAHANAGAR TELEPHONE NIGAM LIMITED AND ORS vs VIMAL KISHORE MISHRA AND ORS

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$~43 & 44 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 02.12.2025 (43)+ W.P.(C) 8192/2025 & CM APPL. 35874/2025 MAHANAGAR TELEPHONE NIGAM LIMITED AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Sarita Mehta, Adv. versus VIMAL KISHORE MISHRA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: None. (44)+ W.P.(C) 15856/2025 & CM APPL. 64917/2025 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Ashish K. Dixit, CGSC with Mr. Umar Hashmi & Ms.Iqra Sheikh, Advs. versus VIMAL KISHORE MISHRA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: None. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MADHU JAIN NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL) 1. The petition in W.P.(C) 15856/2025 has been filed challenging the Order dated 02.09.2024 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Tribunal’) in O.A. No. 1168/2021, titled Vimal Kishore Mishra and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors., by which the learned Tribunal had allowed the O.A. filed by the respondents herein, and taking into account that there was a delay in release of the retiral Signature Not Verified Signed By:RENUKA W.P.(C) 8192/2025 & W.P.(C) 15856/2025 Page 1 of 3 NEGI Signing Date:05.12.2025 18:59:04 benefits to the respondents, the petitioners were directed to pay interest on the same on applicable GPF rates. 2. The petition in W.P.(C) 8192/2025 challenges the Order dated 06.01.2023 passed by the learned Tribunal by which the review application filed by the petitioners, being R.A. No. 132/2024, titled Chairman and Managing Director, MTNL & Ors, v. Vimal Kishore Mishra & Ors. in O.A. No. 1168/2021, has been dismissed by the learned Tribunal. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the learned Tribunal has failed to appreciate that the period of delay in release of t