Aesmeen Kaur v. Delhi Transport Corporation
Case brief
What is this about?
Aesmeen Kaur v. Delhi Transport Corporation, W.P.(C) 2852/2025 & CM APPLs. 13488-89/2025, High Court of Delhi, single judge (Prateek Jalan, J.), order dated 06.03.2025. Pensionary benefits of deceased DTC employee; maintainability of writ petition under Article 226 where the employer is a notified Central Administrative Tribunal entity; reliance on L. Chandra Kumar v. Union of India (1997) 3 SCC 261 and Parikshit Grewal (LPA 971/2024, decided 27.09.2024); DTC directed to answer petitioner's unanswered representations within four weeks; writ petition dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to approach the Tribunal.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition and pending applications dismissed as withdrawn; petitioner permitted to withdraw with liberty to approach the Tribunal; respondent-DTC requested to ensure the petitioner's representations are answered within a period of four weeks.