BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LTD. & ORS. vs BANARSI DASS

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$~60 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 6800/2024 & CM APPL. 28309/2024 BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LTD. & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. R.V. Sinha, Mr. A.S. Singh, Mr. Amit Sinha, Ms. Nidhi Singh and Ms. Shriya Sharma, Advs. versus BANARSI DASS .....Respondent Through: Mr. G.D. Bhandari, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 12.03.2025 C.HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. This writ petition emanates from order dated 5 October 2023, passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal1 in OA 1435/2019. The respondent was the applicant in the OA. The respondent moved the Tribunal against the rejection, by the petitioners, of his prayer for medical reimbursement of the treatment undertaken by his wife in 2010 and 2014. 2. We do not intend to enter into the specifics of the dispute, as we are remanding the matter to the Tribunal for a de novo consideration, the impugned order being effectively non-speaking in nature. 1 “the Tribunal”, hereinafter W.P.(C) 6800/2024 Signature Not Verified Page 1 of 5 Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:17.03.2025 15:38:09 3. The Tribunal has noted, from paras 2.1 to 2.11, the facts of the case and the rival contentions of the parties. Among the contentions that has been noticed by the Tribunal is the contention of the petitioners, as the respondent before the Tribunal, that the claims of the applicant before the Tribunal were barred by time. 4. There is, however, no finding by the Tribunal on any of the submissions advanced by the parties. The Tribunal has merely reproduced an earlier order passed by it in OA 2277/2018 and has proceeded to allow the respondent’s OA on the ground that it could not take a different view. 5. Before us, Mr. R.V. Sinha, learned Counsel for the petition