UNIVERSITY OF DELHI vs DR. RAVINDRA NARAYAN MISHRA & ORS.

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$~109 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 14.05.2025 + LPA 687/2023 & CM APPL. 52205/2023 UNIVERSITY OF DELHI .....Appellant Through: Mr.Santosh Kumar, Ms.Nidhi Rani, Advs versus DR. RAVINDRA NARAYAN MISHRA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Dr.Amar Nath Gupta, Mr.Santosh Kumar Sahu, Mr.Rajiv Mitra, Mr.Deepak Gupta, Advs for R-1 with R-1 in person. Mr.Om Prakash, Ms.Swati Mishra, Mr.Chandresh Pratap Nitish Pande, Mr.Sarthak Udaipuria, Mr.Amish Kumar, Advs. for R-3/UGC. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RENU BHATNAGAR NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL) 1. This appeal has been filed by the appellant, challenging the Judgment dated 19.05.2023 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in W.P(C) 2060/2019, titled Dr. Ravindra Narayan Mishra v. Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College and Ors, allowing the said writ petition filed by the respondent No. 1 herein, with the following directions:- “41. For all the aforesaid reasons, this Court Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed LPA 687/2023 Page 1 of 4 By:RENUKA NEGI Signing Date:19.05.2025 13:54:49 comes to the irresistible conclusion that the entire services of the Petitioners from the date of initial appointments on temporary basis till the date of regularisation shall be counted as qualifying service for the purpose of pension and they will be deemed to be in service prior to 01.01.2004 and governed by OPS. Needless to state that NPS will be inapplicable to the Petitioners and accordingly, necessary and corrective orders shall be issued by the Respondents in this regard.” 2. When this appeal was heard on 29.04.2025, the learned counsel for the appellant vehemently submitted that the learned Single Judge erred in not appreciating that the respondent no.1 had been appointed to the po