IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 820 OF 2022 (Arising out of SLP (C) No. 31201 of 2015)
NORTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
ASHOK KUMAR CHAUDHARY & ORS. RESPONDENT(S)
WITH
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 821 OF 2022 (Arising out of SLP (C) No. 31205 of 2015)
O R D E R
Leave granted.
Both these appeals are directed against similar
orders.
The case of the appellants, in short, is as follows:-
The party-respondents in both these appeals were
engaged as Domestic Breeding Checkers. They were engaged on
seasonal posts and they were paid accordingly. By the
impugned order, on the strength of a status quo order
obtained from the High Court, the High Court has refused to
interfere with the order passed by the Central
Administrative Tribunal (hereinafter referred to as ‘CAT’
CA No. 820/ 2022 etc.
for brevity) directing payment of salary for the period when
according to the appellants, the respondents have not
worked.
We heard Mr. Ajay Bansal, learned counsel for the
appellants, and Mr. Anand Nandan, learned counsel for the
party-respondents.
Learned counsel for the appellants would point out
that in the appellant-corporation, noticing the need for
seasonal workers to deal with the menace arising from the
breeding of mosquitoes, it was felt necessary to engage
workers on a seasonal basis from Decemb...