DR.BHANU PRAKASH PANDEY & ORS. vs UNION OF INDIA ORS

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$~10, 40 & 41 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 12th May, 2026 + W.P.(C) 10545/2024, CM APPL. 43334/2024 DR.BHANU PRAKASH PANDEY & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Azra Rehman, Advocate. versus UNION OF INDIA ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Premtosh K. Mishra, CGSC with Mr. Anubhav Upadhyay, Mr. Shrey Sharma and Mr. Arpit Bamal, Advocates for UOI. Mr. L. R. Khatana, Advocate for R-4. + W.P.(C) 16432/2022, CM APPL. 51624/2022 & CM APPL. 51626/2022 M A KHAN .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Azra Rehman, Advocate. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. L. R. Khatana, Advocate for R-4. + W.P.(C) 4895/2023 & CM APPL. 18889/2023 INTEKHAB AHMED & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Azra Rehman, Advocate. versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. L. R. Khatana, Advocate for R-4. Signature Not Verified Dgitally Signed W.P.(C) 10545/2024 & connected matters Page 1 of 20 By:AKANSHA SINGH Signing Date:16.05.2026 13:47:17 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA JUDGMENT SANJEEV NARULA, J. (Oral): 1. The three writ petitions concern the same pensionary dispute, though the Petitioners stand at different points in their service journey. In W.P.(C) 16432/2022, the Petitioner is a retired employee of the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (“NCPUL”) who seeks release of pension and retirement gratuity under the General Provident Fund-cum-pension scheme. In W.P.(C) 4895/2023, the Petitioners are employees of NCPUL who apprehend denial of pensionary benefits despite having been treated throughout as subscribers to the same scheme. Amongst them, during the pendency of the petition, Petitioner No. 2, Shahnaz Akhter, is stated to have retired, and her claim has consequently assumed the character of an actual pensionar