- 5 January 2018. Delay condoned. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the respondent – employee has raised the dispute before the concerned department after lapse of 13 years.
- 26 March 2018. Await return of service of notice already issued to the sole respondent. List the matter again on 16.04.2018.
- 26 April 2018. Await the return of the service of notice already issued to the sole respondent. List again on 19.7.2018.
- 23 July 2018. Ld.counsel for the petitioner is directed to take fresh steps in respect of sole respondent within two weeks. List the matter again on 07.09.2018.
- 7 September 2018. Service report qua sole respondent is awaited. List the matter again on 31.10.2018.
- 31 October 2018. As per postal tracking report, notice issued to sole respondent could not be served and returned back undelivered. Hence, learned counsel for petitioner shall, within a period of four weeks', file fresh particulars of the said respondent and shall take requisite steps for the service of notice upon him.
- 10 January 2019. Ld.counsel for the petitioner has filed the fresh particulars for issuance of notice to the sole respondent, but he has not filed the spare copy. Two weeks' time, as a last chance is given to file the same whereafter, notice shall be issued. List the matter again on 25.02.2019.
- 25 February 2019. The office report indicates that service of notice is complete upon sole respondent but no one has entered appearance on his behalf. Viewed thus, the matter be processed for listing before the Hon'ble Court as per rules.
- 25 January 2024. Leave granted.
- 15 July 2024. Sole respondent is duly represented. Statement of case, if any, may be filed within the stipulated time.
- 15 October 2025. List on 28.10.2025.
- 28 October 2025. 1. At the request of learned counsel appearing for the respondent, list the matter on 25.11.2025. 2. In the meanwhile, execution of the award/ operation and effect of the impugned order dated 18.04.2017, shall remain stayed.
- 25 November 2025. 1. The Civil Appeal is allowed, in terms of the signed order, which is placed on the file. 2. Pending applications, if any, shall stand disposed of.
- Counsel named on these orders, not a complete vakalatnama, include the advocates listed below.
Advocates — Appellants: Mr. R.D. Agrawala, Mr. Pradeep Kumar Mathur, Mr. Chiranjeev Johri, Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh, Mr. Khushant Wadhwa, Mr. Chandra Nand Jha, Ms. Preeti, Mr. Sitesh Kumar, Mr. Puneet Taneja, Mr. Arvind Kumar Advocates — Respondents: Mr. Neeraj Shekhar, Dr. Sumit Kumar, Mr. P. R. Rajhans, Mr. Rajesh Maurya, Mrs. Kshama Sharma, Mrs. Priya Parmar, Mr. Amrendra Singh, Mr. Ram Bachan Choudhary, Mr. Ramendra Vikram Singh, Mr. Ujjwal Ashutosh, Mr. Kanishak Saini, Mr. Ashok Kumar Rai