DR RAJNIKANT VERMA vs MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI THROUGH ITS COMMISSIONER

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$~113&117 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 18.03.2025 (113)+ W.P.(C) 3300/2025 DR RAJNIKANT VERMA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ankit Bhadoria, Mr. Umesh Singh, Mr. Karishma, Mr. Ashok Nagar and Mr. Mudit Aggarwal, Advs. versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI THROUGH ITS COMMISSIONER .....Respondent Through: Mr. Akhil Mittal, Standing Counsel for MCD with Mr. Pritish Sabharwal, Adv. (117)+ W.P.(C) 3316/2025 DR RAJESHWARI JOSHI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ankit Bhadoria, Mr. Umesh Singh, Mr. Karishma, Mr. Ashok Nagar and Mr. Mudit Aggarwal, Advs. versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI THROUGH ITS COMMISSIONER .....Respondent Through: Mr. Anand Prakash Standing Counsel for MCD with Ms. Varsha Arya and Mr. Satbeer Prajapati, Advs. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:RENUKA NEGI Signing Date:25.03.2025 W.P.(C) 3300/2025 & W.P.(C) 3316/2025 Page 1 of 5 20:00:54 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RENU BHATNAGAR NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL) CM APPLs. 15578-79/2025(Exemption) in W.P.(C) 3300/2025 CM APPL. 15635-36/2025(Exemption) in W.P.(C) 3316/2025 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. W.P.(C) 3300/2025 & CM APPL. 15577/2025 W.P.(C) 3316/2025 & CM APPL. 15634/2025. 2. These petitions have been filed, challenging the Order dated 17.05.2024 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal (PB), New Delhi (‘learned Tribunal’) in OA No. 2146/2023 titled, ‘Dr. Rajni Kant Verma vs Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Delhi’ and in OA No. 2145/2023 titled, ‘Dr. Rajeshwari Joshi vs. Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Delhi’, limited to a challenge that the learned Tribunal has erred in not directing payment of interest to the petitioner herein, from the date when the retiral benefits became due to the petitioner. 3.