JOYDEB DAS vs UNION OF INDIA THROUGH THE SECRETARY AND ORS

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$~85 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Decided on: 03.03.2025 + W.P.(C) 2588/2025 JOYDEB DAS .....Petitioner Through: Mr. H.P. Chakravati, Advocate. versus UNION OF INDIA THROUGH THE SECRETARY AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Syed Abdul Haseeb, CGSC for R-1. Mr. L.R. Khatana, Advocate for R- 2 and 3. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN PRATEEK JALAN, J. (ORAL) W.P.(C) 2588/2025 & CM APPL. 12306/2025 (for directions) 1. The petitioner has filed this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution seeking the following relief: “to issue an order or direction or writ in the nature of certiorari whereby quashing and setting aside the impugned order dated 07.11.2023 (Ann. P-1) coupled with Order dated 12.08.2008 (Ann. P- 2) and writ in the nature of mandamus whereby commanding the Respondents to grant annual increments and count the period of court leave from 07.08.1991 to 13.11.1998 with incremental benefits of this period notionally and calculate the pension based on such last pay drawn by the petitioner after adding such benefit notionally then calculation of counting of service with difference of arrears, besides the grant of pension in terms of CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008 and various DOPT’s OMs and revision of pension on the basis of 7th CPC w.e.f. 01.01.2016 and the restoration of full pension on and from 01.01.2021 on completion of 15 years of commutation of pension (from 01.01.2006) on the for the purpose of grant of pension and other retirement benefits and revise the pension/retirement benefits accordingly, and restore the full pension w.e.f. 01.01.2021 and to release petitioner’s retirement benefits under CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 with interest @ 18% p.a. compounded annually on the above difference of arrears to be reckoned from 01.01.2006