RAMESH CHANDER AND ORS. versus DELHI ADMINISTRATION AND ORS.

RAMESH CHANDER AND ORS. versus DELHI ADMINISTRATION AND ORS.

When similarly situated employees are reinstated after departmental and criminal proceedings, consequential benefits including back wages should not be denied in the absence of exceptional circumstances; denial solely on procedural grounds is arbitrary and unreasonable.

Parties
Appellant: Ramesh Chander; Appellant: Devinder Singh; Appellant: Dharambir Singh; Respondent: Delhi Administration, Delhi; Respondent: Commissioner of Police, Police Headquarters, New Delhi; Respondent: Additional Commissioner of Police, Police Headquarters, New Delhi; Respondent: Deputy Commissioner of Police, 9th Battalion, D.A.P., Delhi
Jurisdiction
India
Judgment Date
09 August 1996
Procedural Posture
Civil Appeal / Supreme Court Final Appeal
Outcome
Appeal allowed; order of Tribunal denying back wages set aside.
Legal Topics
Back Wages, Discrimination, Departmental Inquiry, Reinstatement
Service Law Back Wages Discrimination Departmental Inquiry Reinstatement

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Parties

Ramesh Chander

Appellant

Devinder Singh

Appellant

Dharambir Singh

Appellant

Delhi Administration, Delhi

Respondent

Commissioner of Police, Police Headquarters, New Delhi

Respondent

Additional Commissioner of Police, Police Headquarters, New Delhi

Respondent

Deputy Commissioner of Police, 9th Battalion, D.A.P., Delhi

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Civil Appeal / Supreme Court Final Appeal

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the denial of back wages upon reinstatement constituted arbitrary and unreasonable discrimination when similarly situated employees received back wages.
  2. 2 Whether the Central Administrative Tribunal erred in denying back wages due to failure to amend the application after the revisional order.

Ratio Decidendi

When similarly situated employees are reinstated after departmental and criminal proceedings, consequential benefits including back wages should not be denied in the absence of exceptional circumstances; denial solely on procedural grounds is arbitrary and unreasonable.

Court Disposition

Appeal allowed; order of Tribunal denying back wages set aside.

Orders

  • Respondents directed to pass appropriate consequential orders for appellants, analogous to orders in Satya Parkash’s case, within three months.
  • No order as to costs.