SURAMPAL SINGH vs MS VEDITHA REDDY DIRECTOR DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION

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$~114 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 18.03.2025 + W.P.(C) 3306/2025 SURAMPAL SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr.Rakesh Kumar and Mr.Ujjwal K. Priyadarshi, Advs. alongwith petitioner in person. versus MS VEDITHA REDDY DIRECTOR DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION .....Respondent Through: Nemo 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 08.01.2025 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi in C.P. No.142/2023 in O.A. No.1726/2022 titled Surampal Singh v. Sh. Himanshu Gupta, Director, Directorate of Education, disposing of the Contempt Petition filed by the petitioner alleging violation of the Order dated 11.07.2022 passed in the above-mentioned OA, in the following terms: “9. We have considered the submissions made by the learned counsels for the parties. It is not in dispute that payments made under various heads have been released to the petitioner in compliance of the directions of the Tribunal. It is also not in dispute that certain documents have been supplied to the petitioner, regarding details of the payment. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 3306/2025 Page 1 of 3 By:RENUKA NEGI Signing Date:22.03.2025 16:44:23 Learned counsel for the respondents has already said that a detailed „due and drawn statement‟ shall be supplied to the petitioner within 3 weeks from today. Now, the only dispute remains about the correctness of calculation while making the payments. 10. We are of the considered view that issue of correctness of the payment cannot be looked into in the contempt jurisdiction, more particularly, taking into account the directions given by the Tribunal. In this