Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. & Ors. v. Banarsi Dass
Case brief
What is this about?
Medical reimbursement claim of BSNL employee's wife (2010 and 2014 treatment); Central Administrative Tribunal OA 1435/2019; impugned order dated 5 October 2023 quashed as non-speaking; Tribunal had merely reproduced earlier order in OA 2277/2018; de novo remand; limitation plea (OA filed 2019 on 2018 representation rejection); entitlement versus employer policy; Shiva Kant Jha v UOI (2018) 16 SCC 187; State of Punjab v Ram Lubhaya Bagga (1998) 4 SCC 117; S.S. Rathore; D.C.S. Negi; UOI v M.K. Sarkar; Balram Sharma v UOI (2008) 154 DLT 463 (DB); Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd v Banarsi Dass; W.P.(C) 6800/2024; High Court of Delhi.
What did the court decide?
Impugned Tribunal order dated 5 October 2023 in OA 1435/2019 quashed and set aside; OA 1435/2019 remanded to the Tribunal for de novo consideration; both parties directed to appear before the Tribunal on 2 April 2025 and to place on record short notes of their respective submissions not exceeding four pages each, exchanged at least 48 hours before the date of hearing; Tribunal requested to decide the matter as expeditiously as possible, preferably within four weeks of hearing; writ petition disposed of with no order as to costs.