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The courtroom was listening to a case concerning a boxer who was employed with the Railways looking for wage increments resulting from him.
“This Court can’t stay oblivious to the way during which the respondent, a sportsperson who has introduced recognition and honour to the nation, has been made to run from pillar to submit for what was legitimately resulting from him,” the courtroom remarked in its October 29 order.
“This courtroom expresses its sturdy disapproval of this follow and expects the petitioner authorities to hereafter act with equity and respect in direction of their very own staff who deliver medals to the organisation, somewhat than forcing them into pointless litigation for recognition they’ve already earned,” a Bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Madhu Jain mentioned.
The courtroom’s remarks got here whereas rejecting an enchantment by the Centre, difficult a call of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), which had directed the authorities to present two further increments to a sportsperson together with arrears for his medal-winning performances.
The courtroom additionally imposed a advantageous of ₹20,000 on the federal government.
The case pertains to Ajay Kumar, a boxer who has represented India in worldwide competitions and gained medals at each nationwide and worldwide ranges. Kumar was recruited within the Ambala Division of the Northern Railways in 2005, in opposition to the expertise scouting quota reserved for sportspersons, with 17 advance increments awarded to him on the time of the recruitment.
In March 2007, Kumar gained a silver medal within the 53rd Senior National Boxing Championship held in Hyderabad. In June 2007, he additionally represented India within the Asian Boxing Championship for Men in Mongolia and gained a bronze medal.
Railways issued a coverage in 2007 below which the sportspersons it recruited have been eligible for the grant of further wage increments for excellence in nationwide and worldwide championships.
However, the 2007 coverage was outmoded by a revised one in 2010, which stipulated that solely 5 further increments could be granted to a Railway servant of their total service profession on the sports activities depend.
In June 2014, Kumar submitted a illustration looking for two further increments due from 2007.
However, his request was rejected by the Railways on the grounds that by that point, the 2007 coverage had been outmoded, and the ceiling on the variety of further increments had been imposed.
This rejection was challenged by the sportsperson earlier than the CAT, which directed the Railways to present two further increments to him. The Railways challenged the tribunal’s order within the excessive courtroom.
The excessive courtroom upheld the tribunal’s order noting that Kumar’s entitlement crystallised on the dates of his medal-winning performances in 2007.
Published – November 01, 2025 05:00 am IST
