HC asks govt, DDU college to look into ‘ pending dues’ on priority basis
JUSTICE JYOTI Singh said that since it is a serious matter, the government and the college must look into it and listed the matter for further consideration on October 6
The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi government, and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya ( DDU) College to look into the matter of the pending salaries of Delhi University ( DU) professors since May 2020. Justice Jyoti Singh said that since it is a serious matter, the government and the college must look into it and listed the matter for further consideration on October 6.
“In my view, this is a serious matter and needs to be looked into by the government of NCT of Delhi as well as the College without any delay and on priority,” said Justice Singh. “Contentions made by the college and the government of NCT of Delhi only prima facie give an impression to the court that both theauthorities are blaming each other, instead of ensuring that the salary and theother benefits of the employees are released on time,” the court said.
“Thenet result, however, of this blame game is that the petitioners have beendeprived of not only their salary and other emoluments with effect from May 2020 but also other essentials such as reimbursement of medical bills, etc,” the court added. The court was hearing a petition filed by various associate professors and professors working at DDU College including
Anurag Mishra.
Advocate M. Dutta, Pawan Kumar Chaturvedi, and Aditya Guha, appearing for the petitioners said that the DDU college is a constituent college of the Universityof Delhi receiving 100 per cent grant- inaid from the Government of Delhi.
The council said that the principal contention of the petitioners in the presentpetition is that their salaries, including medical bills and other retiralbenefits wherever due have not been disbursed since May 2020.
Advocate Jawahar Raja, additional standing counsel appearing for the Delhi government submittedthat there is no doubt that the college receives 100 per cent grant- in- aid fromthe government but a special audit for the college is underway at present.