Can't Approve MCD Not Paying Wages, Retiral Benefits To Its Employees; If They Default They Must Suffer Interest: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has recently said that it can never be an approver to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi not paying wages or retiral benefits to its employees. A division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain that in case the civic body defaults in paying, it must “suffer interest”, emphasising that “there is no escape.”“How the MCD manages. A division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain that in case the civic body defaults in paying, it must “suffer interest”, emphasising that “there is no escape.” “How the MCD manages its funds is its own affair, suffice it to state, however, that the court can never be an approver to the MCD not paying its employees their wages or retiral benefits. Noting that survival of a “conscientious government servant” and his family, in the evening of their lives, is often dependent on their retiral benefits, the Court said: “Expeditious and prompt disbursal of retiral benefits is, therefore, of the essence, and any unjustified delay in disbursal thereof must be met with a zero tolerance approach.” The bench made the observations while dealing with MCD's plea against an order passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal directing it to pay retiral benefits to a man who worked as Assistant Municipal Secretary.