State Of Haryana & Ors vs R.K. Gupta & Ors

The Supreme Court dismissed the Civil Appeals filed by the State of Haryana regarding additional Dearness Allowance, affirming the High Court's decision that limited monetary benefits to 38 months prior to the writ petition. The Court noted that the earlier judgment had attained finality after being dismissed on grounds of delay and merits in SLP (C) No. 2578 of 1996 and Review Petition (C) No. 2246 of 1998. The Court declined to deviate from its previous ruling in 'State of Haryana and Anr. Vs. O. P. Sharma & Ors' (1993) Supp. 2 SCC 386, reinforcing the principle of finality in judicial decisions.