Rajdeep Singh & Ors v. Balesh Kumari Vijayrun

MINI PUSHKARNA, J (ORAL):

¶1The present petition has been filed alleging wilful disobedience of the order dated 23rd December, 2024, passed by this Court in W.P.(C) 6542/2022. Vide the aforesaid order directions had been issued in the following manner: "xxx xxx xxx

¶9Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of holding that Petitioners are entitled to pay revisions as per the pay matrix under 7th CPC with effect from 01.01.2016. Director of Education is directed to nominate the Deputy Director of the

concerned zone to carry out the exercise of working out the arrears due to the Petitioners on pay revision. For this purpose, the concerned officer so nominated will hold a meeting between the representative of the Petitioners and the School and call for their respective calculations. Date, time and venue for the personal hearing shall be intimated to the concerned parties, in writing, well in advance. For the purpose of calculation, if necessary, assistance can be taken of a Chartered Accountant, for which the expenses will be borne by the School. After hearing the parties, a report shall be furnished to the respective sides indicating the amounts due to the Petitioners. School shall release the arrears in terms of the report submitted by the Deputy Director concerned.

¶10It is directed that the entire exercise shall be completed by the concerned officer within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of this order. The amounts so calculated will be disbursed by the School to the Petitioners in six equal instalments beginning from the date of the report. Needless to state that if in the meantime any of the Petitioners have retired, the retiral benefits will be released on the basis of the revised pay. Insofar as Petitioner No.2 is concerned, at this stage, arrears will be released upto the date of her termination and subject to the outcome of the challenge to the termination order for further arrears. In case of any surviving grievance, it would be open to the Petitioners and the School to take recourse to appropriate legal action.

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¶2This Court notes that vide order dated 04th August, 2026, passed in the present proceedings, it had been recorded as under: "1. None appears for the petitioner when the matter is called out.

¶2Learned counsel for respondent nos. 2 and 3 puts in appearance.

¶3He submits that Compliance Affidavit has been filed on behalf of respondent nos. 2 and 3, as per which, full payment has already been made to the petitioner.

¶4Learned counsel appearing for respondent no. 1, i.e., Directorate of Education also puts in appearance and confirms the fact that as per the information given by respondent nos. 2 and 3, full amount already stands paid to the petitioner.

¶5Pursuant to the directions by this Court, respondent nos. 2 and 3 are present before this Court through Video Conferencing ("VC").

¶6Considering the Compliance Affidavit filed before this Court, the presence of respondent nos. 2 and 3 is exempted.

¶7Since none appears for the petitioner for passing requisite orders, re-notify on 18th August, 2026, in the Top Ten Matters in the Advance List."

¶3Furthermore, this Court notes that pursuant to the order dated 23rd December, 2024, the petitioners as well as the respondent nos. 2 and 3, i.e., Lions Public School, were called by respondent no.1, i.e., the Directorate of Education ("DoE") for personal hearing.

¶4Pursuant to the said hearing, an order dated 20th May, 2025, had been issued by the Office of the Deputy Director of Education, Government of NCT of Delhi ("GNCTD"), Zone-11, District North-West B-I, FU Block Pitampura, New Delhi-110034, wherein, calculations have been made by the DoE as per the recommendation of the 7th Central Pay Commission ("7th CPC") effectuated from 01st January, 2016, and as per the service records made available by the School as on 31st December, 2015.

¶5It is to be noted that on the basis of the aforesaid order dated 20th May, 2025, the requisite amounts were released by the respondents-school to the petitioners.

¶6Learned counsel for the respondents-schools submits that as per the calculations of the DoE, all the amounts have already been released to the petitioners.

¶7Learned counsel for the petitioners confirms the fact that the amounts in terms of the said order dated 20th May, 2025 passed by the DoE, have been received by the petitioners.

¶8However, he submits that retiral dues have still not been given to the petitioners.

¶9He further submits that the calculations done by the DoE vide order dated 20th May, 2025, are fallacious and are not as per the recommendations of the 7th CPC.

¶10However, it is to be noted that the petitioners have already accepted the full amounts in terms of the order dated 20th May, 2025, passed by the DoE.

¶11This Court notes the submission made by learned counsel for the petitioners that the calculations of the DoE were accepted by the petitioners under coercion.

¶12If that be the case, wherein the petitioners are not satisfied with the calculations made by the DoE, and if as per the petitioners, there are further amounts due and payable to them, then they are at liberty to seek their remedies, in accordance with law, including challenging the order dated 20th May, 2025, issued by the DoE.

¶13Accordingly, no further orders are required to be passed in the present petition.

¶14The present petition, along with pending application, is accordingly, disposed of.

MINI PUSHKARNA, J AUGUST 18, 2026/au

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010231462025 % Date of Decision: 18th August, 2026 + CONT.CAS(C) 629/2025 & CM APPL. 49817/2026 RAJDEEP SINGH & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Manas Verma, Mr. Anuj Aggarwal, Mr. Pradeep Kumar, Mr. Lovekesh, Ms. Anjali, Ms. Kritika Matta, Ms. Bhumica Kundra, Advocates (M:9315170470) versus BALESH KUMARI VIJAYRUN .....Respondent Through: Mr. Gaurav Dhingra, Mr. Shashank Singh, Advocates for R-1 (M:9873475990) Mr. Vivek Kumar Tandon, Ms. Laxmi Gupta, Ms. Pooja Giri, Advocates for R-2 & (M:9810277733) CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MINI PUSHKARNA