OM PARKASH vs PUNJAB STATE POWER CORP LTD AND ANR — CWP/29464/2017

MRS JUSTICE DAYA CHAUDHARY

MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN

MR JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH

Summary of CWP-29464-2017 (Om Parkash v. Punjab State Power Corp Ltd) The High Court dismissed Om Parkash's petition seeking gratuity with 18% interest and pension regularization. Parkash, convicted under the Prevention of Corruption Act in 2005, was denied full retirement benefits when retiring in 2009; though a civil suit in 2014 partly succeeded in securing 66.67% provisional pension, gratuity remained withheld pending appeal conclusion. The Court held Parkash's substantial delay in submitting the conviction judgment (until October 2018) was inexcusable, attributable solely to him rather than the employer, precluding interest claims. Furthermore, the petition itself was barred by delay and laches, having been filed years after retirement without compelling justification, invoking the principle that "delay defeats equity" and discretionary writ remedies cannot be enforced after unreasonable delay. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.