D K GUPTA vs UOI THROUGH SECRETARY TELECOM AND ANR.

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$~40 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 08.09.2025 + W.P.(C) 10298/2025 D K GUPTA .....Petitioner Through: Petitioner in person. versus UOI THROUGH SECRETARY TELECOM AND ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. P. S. Singh, CGSC with Mr. Aushotosh Bharti, Ms. Minakshi Singh, Ms. Ketarina Chakpram, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MADHU JAIN NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL) 1. This petition has been filed, challenging the Order dated 25.02.2025 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Tribunal’) in R.A. no. 73/2023 in O.A. no. 1534/2019, titled D.K. Gupta v. Union of India, dismissing the review application filed by the petitioner herein. 2. The petitioner had filed the abovementioned Review Application before the learned Tribunal seeking review of the Order Signature Not Verified Signed By:RENUKA W.P.(C) 10298/2025 Page 1 of 5 NEGI Signing Date:11.09.2025 11:16:34 dated 05.04.2023 passed in the abovementioned O.A.. The grievance of the petitioner was that the learned Tribunal has wrongly accepted the calculation of interest on delayed payment of various retiral benefits submitted by the respondent. 3. The petitioner, who appears in person, submits that, in terms of Rule 11 of the General Provident Fund Rules, 1960, (GPF Rules), the interest credited to the GPF account of an employee in a particular year, also carries interest in the subsequent year, that is, it is added to the principal amount standing to the credit of the employee at the start of the subsequent year. He submits that in the present case, however, after the retirement of the petitioner, interest has been calculated only on the principal amount for each of the years, thereby denying him the