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Yogendra Pratap Singh v. Airports Authority of India and Ors.

Delhi HC5 Aug 2025W.P.(C)/11661/2025

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What is this about?

Pay protection; ex-serviceman; Junior Assistant (Five Services); Airports Authority of India (AAI); Indian Navy; last drawn pay; representation rejected by communication dated 05.09.2023; further representations dated 07.07.2025 and 09.07.2025; unreasoned rejection; fresh consideration; reasoned order within eight weeks; rights and contentions reserved; W.P.(C) 11661/2025; CM APPL. 47728/2025; CM APPL. 47729/2025; High Court of Delhi; Prateek Jalan, J.; order dated 05.08.2025.

What did the court decide?

Direction to AAI to consider the petitioner's representations afresh and communicate a reasoned order to him within eight weeks from the date of the order; rights and contentions of the parties reserved. ¶17

Yogendra Pratap Singh Vs Airports Authority of India and Ors. — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner, an ex-serviceman employed as Junior Assistant (Five Services) in AAI after retiring from the Indian Navy, is entitled to pay protection, given that his last drawn pay in the Indian Navy was higher than the pay he is drawing in AAI. +1 more

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Ratio / Principle

Because the rejection order dated 05.09.2023 is unreasoned, the court found reasonable AAI Standing Counsel's suggestion that AAI will take a fresh look at the petitioner's representations and pass a reasoned order.

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Key takeaways

The writ petition, along with pending applications, is disposed of with a direction that AAI consider the petitioner's representations afresh and communicate a reasoned order to him within eight weeks.ratio¶17
The rights and contentions of the parties remain reserved; the merits of the pay-protection claim were not decided by this court.obiter¶18

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Delhi High Court (Prateek Jalan, J.), Order dated 05.08.2025 in W.P.(C) 11661/2025: The petitioner, an ex-serviceman employed as Junior Assistant (Five Services) in the Airports Authority of India ("AAI") after retiring from the Indian Navy, sought pay protection because his last drawn Navy pay exceeded his AAI pay. An earlier representation had been rejected by an unreasoned communication dated 05.09.2023, and further representations dated 07.07.2025 and 09.07.2025 had been made. Finding the earlier rejection unreasoned, the court accepted AAI Standing Counsel's suggestion that AAI would take a fresh look, and disposed of the writ petition with pending applications, directing AAI to consider the representations afresh and communicate a reasoned order within eight weeks. The rights and contentions of the parties remain reserved; no decision was made on the merits of the pay-protection claim.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- W.P.(C) 11661/2025, CM APPL. 47728/2025 & CM APPL. 47729/2025

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YOGENDRA PRATAP SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Shivani Verma, Ms. Pragya Jaiswal, Ms. Arpita Singh, Ms. Renu, Mr. Kamlesh Kr. Mishra, Advocates.

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versus

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AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Digvijay Rai, SC with Mr. Archit Mishra, Advocate for AAI with Mr. Yatinder Choudhary, Law Officer.

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CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN

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O R D E R

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% 05.08.2025

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Issue notice. Mr. Digvijay Rai, learned Standing Counsel, accepts notice on behalf of the respondent – Airports Authority of India [“AAI”]. 2. The petitioner, who is an ex-serviceman, was employed as a Junior Assistant (Five Services) in AAI after retiring from the Indian Navy. The relief sought in this writ petition is for pay protection, as the petitioner’s last drawn pay in the Indian Navy was higher than the pay he is drawing in AAI. Although an earlier representation for this purpose was rejected by a communication dated 05.09.2023, the petitioner has made further detailed representations dated 07.07.2025 and 09.07.2025.

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Mr. Rai submits that AAI will take a fresh look at the petitioner’s

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W.P.(C) 11661/2025

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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 07/08/2025 at 12:48:15

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representations and pass a reasoned order within eight weeks from today. In view of the fact that the rejection order dated 05.09.2023 is unreasoned, I am of the view that Mr. Rai’s suggestion is reasonable.

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The writ petition, alongwith pending applications, is disposed of with the direction that the petitioner’s representations be considered afresh by AAI, and a reasoned order be communicated to him within eight weeks from today.

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The rights and contentions of the parties remain reserved.

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PRATEEK JALAN, J

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AUGUST 5, 2025 ‘Bhupi/KA’/

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W.P.(C) 11661/2025

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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 07/08/2025 at 12:48:15

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