NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PANCHAYATI RAJ (NIRD AND PR) vs K. N. SATI AND ORS.

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$~38 & 39 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 4144/2023 & CM APPL. 16019/2023 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PANCHAYATI RAJ (NIRD AND PR) .....Petitioner Through: Mr. S.K. Rungta, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Prashant Singh, Adv. versus K. N. SATI AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Ankur Chhibber, Adv. for Private Respondents. Ms. Pratima N. Lakra, CGSC with Mr. Chandar Prajapati, Adv. for UOI. + W.P.(C) 4148/2023 & CM APPL. 16040/2023 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PANCHAYATI RAJ NIRD AND PR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. S.K. Rungta, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Prashant Singh, Adv. versus DEVENDER RAWAT AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Ankur Chhibber, Adv. for Private Respondent. Ms. Arunima Dwivedi, CGSC with Ms. Kritika Sharma and Ms. Pinky Pawar, Advs. for UOI. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 21.02.2025 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:22.02.2025 16:25:53 W.P.(C) 4144/2023 & W.P.(C) 4148/2023 Page 1 of 21 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. WP (C) 4144/2023 1. Respondents 1 to 61 had initially joined the Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology2. The CAPART was later merged with the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj3. The NIRDPR is the petitioner before us in these writ petitions. 2. Consequent to the acceptance of the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission4, the pay of the respondents was upwardly fixed by the CAPART by Office Orders dated 26 June 2012. 3. This was, apparently, done without obtaining the requisite approval from the Ministry of Rural Development5. The MORD communicated as much to the CAPART in May 2013. 4. Nothing happened for over seven years thereafter. 5. On 27 October 2020, the NI