Manoj Kumar v. Union of India & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court, order dated 16.05.2025, Anish Dayal, J. Contempt case CONT.CAS(C) 784/2025, Manoj Kumar v. Union of India & Ors. Alleged willful disobedience of judgment dated 04.11.2024 in W.P.(C) 5923/2019 (Tribunal order quashed; appointment consequent to Notification dated 30 August 2012; consequential benefits except back wages; notional pay fixation; eight-week compliance). Appointment letter dated 26 March 2025 belated, silent on notional pay fixation and consequential service benefits; April 2025 representation and two legal notices unanswered. Undertaking recorded: compliance within four weeks, communication to petitioner. Petition disposed with liberty to revive on continued infraction. Connected application CM APPL. 29915/2025 (Exemption) allowed and disposed.
What did the court decide?
Contempt petition disposed of on recording the respondents' undertaking that the compliance process will be completed within four weeks and a communication will be sent to the petitioner; liberty reserved to the petitioner to revive the petition in case of continued infraction.