Will clear 7th pay commission arrears of staff: MCD to HC

THE MUNICIPAL Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Monday “assured” the Delhi High Court that it will clear outstanding arrears of 7 th central pay comm is si on (cpc) recommendations to its former and existing employees.

The counsel appearing for the MCD submitted before a division bench of Acting Chief Justice Man mo han and justice man meet Pritam Singh Arora that an instalment of approximately Rs 738 crore is due and payable by the Delhi government as “basic tax assignment” in the next few days. The counsel submitted that as soon as this amount is received, all its former and serving employees shall be paid the outstanding arrears of the 7th CPC recommendations.

“They further ensure th a tr et ir al benefits of former employees shall also be taken care of in 12 weeks. They also state that in future salaries and pension shall be paid to existing and former employees on time,” noted the bench.

The bench, thereafter, said that the MCD is bound by its assurance/ statement, and further directed the Delhi government to release the instalment of Rs 738 crore within 10 working days. “If there is any breach of the aforesaidstatement/ assurance/ undertaking, the petitioners shall beat liberty to file contempt proceedings against the Commissioner, MCD,” the bench said in its order, and thereafter, listed the matter for compliance on July 23.

Meanwhile, the delhi government counsel said during the hearing that the file is being processed, and urged the bench to grant time till april 25 for marking the payment.

The HC was hearing a batch of pleas over delayed payment of salaries and pension by the corporation to its employees, and the failure to pay the ar rear soft he 7 th CPC.

On March 1, the bench had “prima facie” opined that the MCD is a “not a financially viable organisation” since the payment of the 7th CPC arrears has been pending for too long.