SH RAJ KUMAR vs MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 22.07.2025 W.P.(C) 15922/2022 SH RAJ KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Jawahar Raja, Ms. Meghna De, Ms. L. Gangmei, Advs. versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Siddharth Gupta, SC for MCD. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RENU BHATNAGAR NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL) 1. This petition has been filed by the petitioner, challenging the Order dated 06.02.2019 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the, ‘Tribunal’) in O.A. No. 6/2013, titled Shri Raj Kumar v. The Commissioner (North), NDMC & Anr., whereby the learned Tribunal disposed of the O.A. filed by the petitioner herein in the following terms: “11. Since the applicant has retired from service, we are of the view that the respondents cannot be permitted to levy interest. Therefore, we partly allow the OA setting aside that portion of the show cause 2. The brief facts giving rise to the present petition are that the petitioner, who had joined the services of the respondent as a Garden Chaudhary on daily wages on 06.11.1978, pursuant to an Industrial Award