Additional District Judge (ADJ) Nivedita Anil Sharma asked the Centre to pay Rs 3.81 lakh to South Delhi resident Dipak Kumar Saha as his remuneration which he was not paid from April 8, 2009 to August 31, 2009.
Besides this, the court also asked the government to pay Rs 25,000 as "special unliquidated damages" on account of mental agony and harassment suffered by him.
The order came on a plea by Malviya Nagar resident Saha, seeking the court direction to declare the termination of his services with NACO by the Centre as "illegal" and also seeking damages of Rs 3,81,334 and unliquidated damages.
"The plaintiff (Saha) has not been paid his remuneration with effect from April 8, 2009 up to August 31, 2009 at the rate of Rs 80,000 per month which totals to Rs 3,81,334 and the defendant (Union of India) is liable to pay this amount of Rs 3,81,334 to the plaintiff," the ADJ said.
Saha, in his petition, said he had received a mail from the Public Health Foundation India (PHFI) on June 9, 2008 informing him that he was shortlisted for telephonic interview for operationalising HIV/AIDS project, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
He was subsequently interviewed in NACO on July 11, 2008 and was found to be suitable for the post of Programme Officer in NACO, Saha said.
He said that by a letter dated August 26, 2008, he was offered a job for the post of Programme Officer (Link Worker Scheme) initially on a contract basis for a period of one year at a consolidated remuneration of Rs 80,000 per month after which he joined the services from September 1, 2008. (More)
