Promila Anand v. Guru Nanak Public School & Ors.
Service law – settlement – Teacher's disputes with school and Directorate of Education
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court; Prateek Jalan, J.; decided 02.05.2025; W.P.(C) 340/2025 with CM APPL. 1710/2025, 1711/2025, 19162/2025 and W.P.(C) 3853/2025; Promila Anand (petitioner, in person with counsel Nitin Goel and Mayank Goel) versus Guru Nanak Public School & Ors. and Directorate of Education & Anr.; teacher service dispute; challenge to termination order dated 22.11.2024 and suspension order dated 24.05.2024; disposal on settlement; joint affidavit treated as undertaking; total payment Rs. 28,00,000/- in instalments between 03.05.2025 and 15.02.2026; EPF KYC, EPF Pension certificate, experience letter, gratuity letter; petitioner to hand over documents and register; no adjudication on merits; no statute or precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
Both writ petitions and pending applications disposed of in terms of the undertaking in the joint affidavit: the respondent-School to pay the petitioner Rs. 28,00,000/- in instalments (Rs. 2,00,000/- by 03.05.2025; Rs. 3,50,000/- by 15.05.2025; nine monthly instalments of Rs. 2,50,000/- each totalling Rs. 22,50,000/- from 15.06.2025 to 15.02.2026), and to issue up-to-date KYC of EPF, certificate for EPF Pension, experience letter, gratuity letter and cooperate in final settlement; the petitioner to hand over all available documents including any register.