Disposed

Rajiv Khosla v. the Registrar General & Ors.

Delhi HC24 May 2024W.P.(C)/7515/2024

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This court disposed of the public interest petition seeking directions for payment of salaries under the Minimum Wages and ESI Acts. The court held that no notice had been issued to Bar Associations and directed the petitioner to issue such notices before approaching the court again.

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Order disposed with direction to petitioner to issue prior notices to all Bar Associations.

Rajiv Khosla Vs the Registrar General & Ors. — Service and Employment | Delhi HC (2024)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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W.P.(C) 7515/2024 RAJIV KHOSLA ..... Petitioner Through: Mr. Sunil Singh, Advocate alongwith Petitioner in person

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versus

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THE REGISTRAR GENERAL & ORS. ..... Respondents Through: Ms. Aditi Mohan, Advocate for Delhi High Court Mr. Rakesh Tiku, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Mohit Mathur, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Jatan Singh, Mr. Sandeep Sharma, Mr. Sandeep Kumar, Mr. Amit Chadha, Mr. Sidhart Tripathy, Mr. Ashish, Mr. Naginder Benipal, Mr. Inderbir Singh, Mr. Shyam Sharma, Mr. Sanjay Dewan, Mr Dhan Mohan, Mr. Rajat Manchanda, Mr. Nishant Anand, Ms. Gayatri and Mr. Monu Kumar, Advocates for R-2

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CORAM: HON'BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA O R D E R

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% 24.05.2024

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Present public interest petition has been filed seeking issuance of directions to the Respondent Nos. 2 to 8 to ensure payment of salaries under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (“MW Act”) and adhere to the directions contained in the Employee State Insurance Act, 1948 (“ESI Act”) for its employees. The Petitioner further prays for issuance of directions to the

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This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 04/07/2025 at 00:41:13

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Respondent No. 1 to establish special fund in each Court complex for reimbursement of payment of the amount incurred by Respondent Nos. 2 to 8 towards payment of salaries of its employees.

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A perusal of the paper book reveals that before coming to this Court, the Petitioner has issued a notice to Respondent No. 1 alone vide letter dated 30^th March, 2024. Though, the said notice has not been replied, yet learned counsel for Delhi High Court states that the reply is under preparation and shall be issued within two weeks.

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Keeping in view the aforesaid as well as the facts that no prior notice has been issued to any of the Respondent -Bar Associations before filing the present writ petition, the same is disposed of with a direction to the Petitioner to issue prior notices to all the Bar Associations. In the event, the Petitioner is aggrieved by the replies received from the Bar Associations, the Petitioner shall be at liberty to approach this Court once again.

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With the aforesaid liberty, the present writ petition is disposed of.

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ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE

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MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J

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MAY 24, 2024/ rhc

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 04/07/2025 at 00:41:13

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