Sanjay Kumar and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.

Delhi HC22 Jul 2025W.P.(C)/12425/2024

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What is this about?

Article 226 writ petition; industrial dispute reference; ID No. 66/2020; Sanjay & Ors. v. University of Delhi; Central Government Industrial Tribunalcum Labour Court; conciliation officer; reference order; corrigendum dated 24.10.2024; Government of India, Ministry of Labour & Employment; forwarding letter dated 12.11.2024; Regional Labour Commissioner (C)/HOO New Delhi; regularisation of services; proper payscale; initial date of joining; equal pay for equal work; difference of wages; petition not pressed; disposed of; Delhi High Court; Amit Sharma, J.; W.P.(C) 12425/2024.

What did the court decide?

No substantive relief granted by the Court; the petition was not pressed after the Government of India, Ministry of Labour & Employment issued the necessary corrigendum dated 24.10.2024 during pendency, which was taken on record. ¶¶19

Sanjay Kumar and Ors. Vs Union of India and Ors. — Writ and Judicial Review | Delhi HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the reference order in ID No. 66/2020 was not in accordance with the prayer made before the learned Conciliation Officer, and whether Respondent No.1 ought to be directed to issue a corrigendum covering regularisation of the workmen in proper pay scale from their respective initial dates of joining and payment of difference of wages on the principle of equal pay for equal work.

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Court's answer

As the necessary corrigendum dated 24.10.2024 was issued during the pendency of the petition, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners did not press the present petition.

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Ratio / Principle

The present petition was disposed of, and pending application(s), if any, also stand disposed of.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India (W.P.(C) 12425/2024, Sanjay Kumar and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.), decided on 22.07.2025 by Amit Sharma, J., High Court of Delhi: The petitioners' grievance was that the reference order in ID No. 66/2020 (Sanjay & Ors. v. University of Delhi) before the Ld. Central Government Industrial Tribunalcum Labour Court was not in accordance with the prayer made before the learned Conciliation Officer; the petition sought a corrigendum directing regularisation of the workmen in proper pay scale from their initial dates of joining and payment of difference of wages on the principle of equal pay for equal work. During the pendency of the petition, the necessary corrigendum dated 24.10.2024 was issued by Government of India, Ministry of Labour & Employment, and was taken on record alongwith the forwarding letter dated 12.11.2024 of the Regional Labour Commissioner (C)/HOO, New Delhi. Learned counsel for the petitioners did not press the petition; the petition and pending application(s), if any, were disposed of.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- W.P.(C) 12425/2024

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SANJAY KUMAR AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Surbhi Bagra, Advocate.

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versus

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UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Subhash Tanwar, CGSC with Ms. Bhavi Garg and Mr. Naveen, Advocates for R-1. Mr. Girindra Kumar Pathak, Advocate for R-2. Mr. Tejasvi Goel, Advocate for R-3 with Mr. Gurpreet Singh, Accounts department.

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CORAM:

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HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT SHARMA

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O R D E R % 22.07.2025

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This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.

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The present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeks following prayers:-

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“a. Issue appropriate writ, order or direction to the Respondent No.1 to issue a corrigendum order on the remaining issues pertaining to the demand to regularise the services of the workman aforesaid on their respective post in proper payscale from the initial date of their respective joining and to also pay them difference of wages on the "Principle of Equal Pay for Equal Work interalia" and thereafter refer the same to the Ld. Central Government Industrial Tribunalcum Labour Court for adjudication in ID No. 66/2020 titled Sanjay & Ors. Vs University of Delhi with immediate effect;

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b. Pass any such other or further order as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and appropriate in the facts and circumstances of the case in favour of the

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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 28/07/2025 at 12:25:19

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Petitioners.”

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The grievance of the petitioner was that the reference order was not in accordance with the prayer as sought before the learned Conciliation Officer. 4. During the pendency of the present petition, the necessary corrigendum dated 24.10.2024 has been issued by Government of India, Ministry of Labour & Employment. The said corrigendum alongwith the forwarding letter dated 12.11.2024 issued by Regional Labour Commissioner (C)/HOO, New Delhi has been handed up in Court today and the same are taken on record.

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In view of the above, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner does not press the present petition.

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Accordingly, the present petition is disposed of.

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Pending application(s), if any, also stand disposed of.

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AMIT SHARMA, J

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JULY 22, 2025 /sn/yg

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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 28/07/2025 at 12:25:19

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