Union of India and Ors. v. Vikram Pal Singh
Patient Care Allowance / HPCA – Central Research Institute, Kasauli
Case brief
What is this about?
CWP No. 7035 of 2023, decided 17.06.2026 by High Court of Himachal Pradesh (Division Bench: G.S. Sandhawalia, Chief Justice and Bipin C. Negi, Judge) — Union of India and others v. Vikram Pal Singh — writ petition by Union of India against CAT, Chandigarh Bench order dated 19.01.2023 granting Patient Care Allowance (PCA/HPCA) to respondent employee of Central Research Institute, Kasauli dismissed; issue held final inter se the Institute in view of prior orders in Jitender Singh (O.A. No. 147-HP-2012, decided 17.08.2012; CWP No. 4793 of 2013, decided 02.05.2017) and Kamlesh Kumar Gautam (CWP No. 8008 of 2023, decided 29.10.2024); Tribunal had found withdrawal of PCA from 40 risk-prone categories of CRI employees arbitrary and irrational.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition has no merit because the issue of Patient Care Allowance to employees of the Central Research Institute, Kasauli has already become final inter se the said Institute in prior proceedings