VIKAS GUPTA vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS

$~P-1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Decided on: 17.09.2025 W.P.(C) 13053/2018 VIKAS GUPTA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Kushagra Bansal and Mr. V.K. Gupta, Advocates. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjay Sharma Darmora, Mr. Yoginder Uniyal, Ms. Pratibha Sharma, Ms. Anchal and Mr. Nitin, Advocates for R-4 and 5. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN JUDGMENT 1. The petitioner, who is a Person with Disability [“PwD”], was employed as a Deputy Manager (Marketing) in MMTC Ltd. [respondent Nos. 4 and 5 herein], pursuant to a special recruitment drive for PwDs in the year 2007. At the time of employment, the petitioner’s disability was assessed at 79% orthopedic disability, which increased to 86% by the time the writ petition was filed.1 2. In the writ petition, he has sought the following reliefs: “a) Issue Writ of Mandamus thereby directing the Respondents to revise the basic pay of the Petitioner as per the Office Order No. MMTC/CO/20/IRP/2009 dated 04.05.2009 along with the requisite five increments as approved at the time of appointment of the Petitioner 1 Disability certificate dated 05.06.2017 [Annexure 1 to the writ petition]. 3. By order