Pardeep Kumar Gupta & Ors. v. Food Corporation of India & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
CWP-3984-2000 (O&M); Pradeep Kumar Gupta and others v. Food Corporation of India and others; Punjab & Haryana High Court, Chandigarh; Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj; decided 05.05.2025; stepping up of pay; pay parity with junior Anil Kumar Divedi; retrospective pay reduction; FCI Circular No.13/97 dated 09.09.1997; Deputy Manager (WRC)/I/C for Manager (P&IR); dismissal for want of prosecution; counsel elevated to Bench; no representation by petitioners; pending civil misc. applications disposed.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition was dismissed for want of prosecution: after the petitioners' counsel was elevated to the Bench, notice was issued to the petitioners, but there was no representation on three successive dates, indicating the petitioners were apparently not interested in pursuing the petition. The merits of the challenged Circular were not adjudicated.