Darshan Lal v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Five connected W.P.(C)s of 2024 (14406, 14500, 14647, 14677, 15149) by MCD pensioners (Ishwar Singh, Jai Bhagwan, Pawan Kumar Sharma, Raghubir, Darshan Lal) challenging only the interest rate in CAT orders granting retiral benefits with interest; MCD had not appealed the Tribunal orders. Delhi High Court (C. Hari Shankar & Ajay Digpaul, JJ., 06.02.2025) held interest runs from the date retiral benefits fell due, not from the Tribunal judgment or 2-3 months after; declined to fix the rate amid conflicting CAT practice (7.5% / 12% / GPF rate) and remanded to the CAT Chairman with Rajbir Singh v Commissioner of MCD (WP(C) 401/2025) for uniformity, hearing 19.02.2025; MCD ordered to comply with Tribunal judgments meanwhile; additional interest from de novo proceedings preserved; petitions disposed. No statutes cited.
What did the court decide?
Writ petitions disposed of: matters remanded to the Hon'ble Chairman of the Central Administrative Tribunal (to be heard along with WP(C) 401/2025 on 19 February 2025) for uniform determination of the interest rate on delayed retiral benefits; respondents directed to comply with the Tribunal's judgments meanwhile, petitioners entitled to the financial benefits under those judgments from receipt of the certified copy of this order; any additional interest found due in the de novo proceedings also payable to the petitioners.