SUDHIR DHAKA vs NTPC LTD & ORS

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Decided on: 14.05.2025 W.P.(C) 14437/2006 SUDHIR DHAKA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Anup Kumar Sharma, Advocate. versus NTPC LTD & ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Puneet Taneja, Senior Advocate with Mr. Rajesh Mahendru, Mr. Amit Yadav, Mr. Anil Kumar & Mr. Manmohan Singh Narula, Advocates for NTPC. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN JUDGMENT 1. By way of this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution, the petitioner assails the actions of his employer – National Thermal Power Corporation Limited [“NTPC”], the respondents herein, in failing to consider him for promotion, and denying him various allowances, for a period during which he was under suspension, the suspension having subsequently been revoked. A. FACTS: 2. The petitioner was appointed as a Steno-Typist [Grade W-4] in NTPC on 25.03.1987 and promoted to the post of Stenographer [Grade 1988. He was thereafter recommended for promotion to the post of Senior Stenographer [Grade W-6], pursuant to a Departmental Promotion Committee [“DPC”] held prior to his suspension. However, the recommendations of the DPC were kept in the sealed cover as he was suspended before the sai