IA 14965/2018, in Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 69/2018

WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF NTPC EX EMPOYEES OF INDIA (WANEEI) Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)

W.P.(C) No. 466/2018 (X)

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WITH W.P.(C) No. 141/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 118/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 233/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 250/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 360/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 372/2018 (X) ([TO BE TAKEN UP ALONGWITH ITEM NO. 22 I.E. WP(C) NO. 360/2018]) W.P.(C) No. 368/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 367/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 371/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 411/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.63451/2018-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) W.P.(C) No. 374/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 385/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 395/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 406/2018 (X) Digitally signed by VINOD KUMAR TIWARI Date: 2018.11.30 10:54:30 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified

W.P.(C) No. 594/2018 (X) (IA No.79752/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 884/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.93634/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING and IA No.93639/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) W.P.(C) No. 778/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 804/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 874/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1134/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1149/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 1167/2018 (X)

Date : 26-11-2018 These matters were called on for hearing today.

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Vani Vyas, Adv. Mr. Mohit Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Amit, Adv. Ms. Bhanu Priya Sharma, Adv. Mr. Purushottam Sharma Tripathi, AOR Mr. Anip Sachthey, Adv. Ms., Anjali Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Ria Sachthey, Adv. M/s Ars Associates, AOR Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Ms. Vaishali Goyal, Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Chandra Kant Shukla, Adv. Mr. Ramjee Pandey, AOR Mr. Ashwin Kumar D.S., Adv. Ms. Surbhi Mehta, AOR Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Vasudevan Raghavan, AOR Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Adv. Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mrs. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Mr. Ravi Singh, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, Adv.

Ms. Shaheen, Adv. Mr. R. Anand Padmanabhan, Adv. Mr. Romil Pathak, Adv. Mr. Prawal Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, AOR

For Respondent(s)

Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Mr. Sanjay K. Shandilya, Adv. Mr. Apoorva Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Singh, Adv. Mr. Hemant Sharma, Adv. Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad, AOR Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Ms. Aruna Mathur, AOR Ms.Anuradha Arputham, Adv. M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Anis Ahmed Khan, AOR Mr. Siddharth, AOR Mr. Smarhar Singh, AOR Mr. Arun Singh, Adv. Mr. Anil Nag, AOR Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Mr. Sushil Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Atulesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rajbahadur, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Sharma, Adv. Ms. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. Sumeet, Adv. Mr. Preet Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Siddhant Manral, Adv. Mr. Rahul Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ravi Singh, Adv. Ms. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Ms. Shaheen, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Mr. Rajat Kapoor, Adv. Mr. R.K. Kapoor, AOR Mr.Anis Ahmad Khan, AOR Mr. Dhanesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kaushik, AOR Ms. Eshna Kumar, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Ms. Anubha Dhulia, Adv. Ms. Sangeeta Bharti, Adv. Mr. Krishanu Adhikar, Adv. Mr. Susheel Kumar Singh, AOR

Mr. Keshav Mohan, Adv. Mr. Smarhar Singh, AOR Mr. Sarthak Gaur, Adv. M/s Parekh & co, AOR Ms. Saloni Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, Adv. Mr. Vasudevan Raghavan, Adv. Ms. Bhanu Tanwar, Adv. Mr. Tabrez Malawat, Adv. Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R W.P.(C) No.69/2018

Service is complete on respondent No.1. Despite last opportunity, vakalatnama and counter affidavit on behalf of respondent No.1 have not been filed. Further opportunity to file counter affidavit stands declined. Vakalatnama may be filed.

Last opportunity is granted to respondent No.2 for filing counter affidavit within four weeks.

Respondent Nos.3 and 4 have already filed counter affidavit.

The Ld. Counsel appearing for respondent No.4 has served the copy of counter affidavit on the Ld. Counsel for the petitioner today in the Court.

W.P.(C) No.233/2018

Service is complete on respondent No.1 but none has entered appearance.

Respondent Nos.2 and 3 have already filed counter affidavit. The Ld. Counsel for respondent Nos.2 and 3 is

directed to serve copy of the counter affidavit on the other side within one week.

Opportunity to respondent Nos.4 to 9 to file counter affidavit has already been declined.

W.P.(C) No.141/2018

Respondent Nos.1 and 2 have already filed counter affidavit.

Respondent Nos.3 and 4 have filed counter affidavit but after the opportunity was declined. Registry to make a specific mention at the time of listing the matter before the Hon'ble Court.

W.P.(C) No.118/2018

Respondent No.1 has already filed counter affidavit.

Opportunity to respondent No.2 to file counter affidavit has already been declined.

Service is complete on respondent No.3 but none has entered appearance.

W.P.(C) No.250/2018

Service is complete on respondent No.1. Despite last opportunity, vakalatnama and counter affidavit on behalf of respondent No.1 have not been filed. Further opportunity to file counter affidavit stands declined. Vakalatnama may be filed.

Respondent Nos.2 and 3 have filed counter affidavit but after the opportunity was declined. Registry to make a

specific mention at the time of listing the matter before the Hon'ble Court.

Service is complete on respondent Nos.4 and 5 but none has entered appearance.

W.P.(C) No. 372/2018, W.P.(C) No. 368/2018, W.P.(C) No. 369/2018 W.P.(C) No. 367/2018, W.P.(C) No. 371/2018, W.P.(C) No. 380/2018 W.P.(C) No. 374/2018, W.P.(C) No. 385/2018, W.P.(C) No. 393/2018 W.P.(C) No. 395/2018, W.P.(C) No. 406/2018, W.P.(C) No.360/2018

Complete matters.

W.P.(C) No.411/2018

Respondent No.1 has already filed counter affidavit.

Service is complete on respondent Nos.2 and 3 but none has entered appearance.

W.P.(C) No. 466/2018

Counter affidavit on behalf of respondent No.1 has been filed but vakalatnama has not been filed on behalf of respondent No.1. Service is complete on respondent No.1. Vakalatnama may be filed within four weeks, as last opportunity.

Respondent No.2 has already filed counter affidavit.

Respondent Nos.3 and 4 have not filed counter affidavit, despite last opportunity. Further opportunity is declined.

W.P.(C) No. 804/2018

Last opportunity is granted to respondent Nos.1 and 5 for filing counter affidavit within four weeks.

Respondent Nos.2 to 4 have not filed counter affidavit, despite last opportunity. Further opportunity is declined.

Service is complete on respondent No.6. Four weeks' time, as last opportunity, is granted to the Ld. Counsel for respondent No.6 for filing vakalatnama and counter affidavit.

W.P.(C) No. 594/2018

Service is complete on respondent Nos.4 and 5. The Ld. Counsel appearing on behalf of respondent Nos.4 and 5 submitted that she will file vakalatnama and counter affidavit on behalf of the said respondents alongwith the application for condonation of delay in filing counter affidavit during the course of the day.

Respondent Nos.2 and 3 have not filed counter affidavit, despite last and final opportunity. Further opportunity is declined.

Service is complete on respondent No.1 but none has entered appearance.

W.P.(C) No.884/2018

Four weeks' time, as last opportunity, is granted to respondent Nos.2 and 3 for filing counter affidavit.

Service is complete on respondent No.1 but none has entered appearance.

Service is complete on respondent Nos.4 and 5. The Ld. Counsel appearing on behalf of respondent Nos.4 and 5 submitted that she will file vakalatnama and counter affidavit on behalf

of the said respondents alongwith the application for condonation of delay in filing counter affidavit during the course of the day.

W.P.(C) No. 778/2018

Service is complete on respondent No.1 but none has entered appearance.

Respondent Nos.2 and 3 have not filed counter affidavit, despite last opportunity. Further opportunity is declined.

Four weeks' time, as last opportunity, is granted to respondent No.4 for filing counter affidavit.

W.P.(C) No.874/2018

Four weeks' time, as last opportunity, is granted to respondent No.1 for filing counter affidavit.

Service is complete on respondent Nos.2 and 4 but none has entered appearance.

Respondent No.3 is unserved. However, the Ld. Advocate, Ms. Bhanu Tanwar submitted that vakalatnama on behalf of respondent No.3 has already been filed and seeks four weeks' time for filing counter affidavit. Registry to verify. If so, counter affidavit be filed within four weeks, as last opportunity, else fresh steps to be taken by the Ld. Counsel for the petitioner for service of respondent No.3 within two weeks.

The Ld. Counsel for the petitioner to take fresh steps for service of respondent No.5 within two weeks, as last opportunity. Notice thereafter be issued.

W.P.(C) No.1149/2018

Service is complete on respondent Nos.1 to 4 but none has entered appearance.

W.P.(C) No.1167/2018

Service is complete on respondent Nos.1 to 3 but none has entered appearance.

W.P.(C) No.1134/2018

Service is complete on respondent No.1 but not complete on respondent No.2. The Ld. Advocate, Mr. Abhishek Singh, appearing on behalf of Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad, Advocate-on-record appears for respondent Nos.1 and 2. He seeks time to file vakalatnama and counter affidavit. Be filed within four weeks. The Ld. Counsel for the petitioner has served the copy of pleadings to the Ld. Counsel for the said respondents today in the Court.

The Ld. Counsel for the petitioner is directed to take fresh steps for service of the unserved respondents in all the matters, if not taken, report within two weeks' time. Notice thereafter be issued.

The Ld. Counsels appearing for the represented respondents for the first time are granted four weeks' time for filing counter affidavit.

The Ld. Counsels who are already appearing for the served respondents are granted four weeks' time, as last opportunity, for filing counter affidavit.

The Ld. Counsel for the served respondents who were given last opportunity for filing counter affidavit and have not filed counter affidavit may file counter affidavit during the course of the day, else further opportunity stands declined.

List again on 25.1.2019.

ANIL LAXMAN PANSARE Registrar