COL JAMSHAID AKHTAR (RETD.) vs GENERAL MANAGER (HR) ENGINEERING PROJECTS (INDIA) ATD. AND ORS.

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$~2 to 4 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 8th May, 2026 + W.P.(C) 7625/2019, CM APPL. 31753/2019 COL JAMSHAID AKHTAR (RETD.) .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Indra Sen Singh, Mr. Nasir Mohammad and Ms. Kaberi Sharma, Advocates. versus GENERAL MANAGER (HR) ENGINEERING PROJECTS (INDIA) ATD. AND ORS. .....Respondent Through: Ms. Manisha Agrawal Narain, CGSC with Mr. Nipun Jain, Advocate. Mr. Debarshi Bhadra, Advocate for R-2, 3. + CONT.CAS(C) 883/2022 COL JAMSHAID AKHTAR (RETD.) .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Indra Sen Singh, Mr. Nasir Mohammad and Ms. Kaberi Sharma, Advocates. versus SRI P K SAHOO & ANR. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Debarshi Bhadra, Advocate. + W.P.(C) 7598/2019, CM APPL. 31601/2019 WG CDR SANDEEP MALHOTRA (RETD.) .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Indra Sen Singh, Mr. Nasir Mohammad and Ms. Kaberi Sharma, Advocates. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AKANSHA SINGH W.P.(C) 7625/2019 & connected matters Page 1 of 27 Signing Date:12.05.2026 19:57:05 versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondent Through: Ms. Manisha Agrawal Narain, CGSC with Mr. Nipun Jain, Advocate. Mr. Debarshi Bhadra, Advocate for R-2, 3. Mr. Devvrat Yadav, SPC with Mr. Kartik Sharma, GP. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA JUDGMENT SANJEEV NARULA, J. (Oral): 1. These matters concern retired defence officers who, after leaving military service, were selected by Engineering Projects (India) Ltd.,1 a Central Public Sector Enterprise,2 through a recruitment advertisement. Their pay was fixed at the minimum of the applicable pay scales and no pay protection with reference to their last drawn military pay was granted. Years later, EPIL sought to deduct the defence pension drawn by the Petitioners from the salary paid by EPIL and, for that purpose, directed them to