DELHI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LIMITED vs CAMBATA AVIATION WORKERS ASSOCIATION THROUGH MR RAMESH GUPTA & ORS.

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$~J * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment pronounced on: 18.02.2026 + W.P.(C) 14304/2025 and CM APPLs.58570/2025, 58572/2025 DELHI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LIMITED .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Milanka Chaudhary, Ms. Swet Shikha and Ms. Shreya, Advocates. versus CAMBATA AVIATION WORKERS ASSOCIATION THROUGH MR RAMESH GUPTA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Vikrant N. Goyal, Ms. Priyanka S. Aneja and Mr. Yash Basoya, Advocates for R/UOI. + W.P.(C) 15908/2025 and CM APPLs.65021/2025, 65023/2025 DELHI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LIMITED .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Milanka Chaudhary, Ms. Swet Shikha and Ms. Shreya, Advocates. versus CAMBATA AVIATION WORKERS ASSOCIATION & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Vikrant N. Goyal, Ms. Priyanka S. Aneja and Mr. Yash Basoya, Advocates for R/UOI. + W.P.(C) 15923/2025 and CM APPLs.65134/2025, 65136/2025 DELHI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LIMITED .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Milanka Chaudhary, Ms. Swet Shikha and Ms. Shreya, Advocates. versus CAMBATA AVIATION WORKERS ASSOCIATION & ORS. .....Respondents Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 14304/2025 & Connected Matters Page 1 of 28 By:ABHISHEK THAKUR Signing Date:18.02.2026 19:00:20 Through: Mr. Vikrant N. Goyal, Ms. Priyanka S. Aneja and Mr. Yash Basoya, Advocates for R/UOI. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA JUDGMENT 1. The present petitions have been filed by the Petitioner, Delhi International Airport Limited (“DIAL”), under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, assailing References dated 04.08.2017, 24.08.2018 and 01.04.2019 (“Impugned References”) in W.P.(C) Nos. 14304/2025, 15908/2025 and 15923/2025 respectively, issued by the Central Government under Section 10 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (“ID Act”), whereby the industrial dispute raised by the Resp