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MCD Employees Salary Update:  In a major relief for the current and former employees of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the civic body said that it would clear the outstanding arrears payable to them in terms of the seventh pay commission's recommendations. This came during a plea hearing by the Delhi High Court regarding the matter. The counsel for the MCD told the bench that the civic body is expecting an instalment of Rs 738 crore by the Delhi government as a "basic tax assignment" in the next few days. This amount will be used to pay the arrears to the employees, said the counsel.

The case was being heard by a bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan. The lawyers also mentioned that employees' salaries and pensions will be paid on time, and the retirement benefits of former employees will be addressed within 12 weeks.

MCD Employees Salary Update: Court had cracked the whip on civic agency

Previously, the court had pulled up the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for delays in payments, warning of dissolution if no solution was provided. The court ordered the city government to release the funds within 10 working days, asserting that the civic body must honour this commitment.

"If there is any breach of the aforesaid statement/assurance/undertaking, the petitioners shall be at liberty to file contempt proceedings against the Commissioner, MCD," the bench, also comprising Justice Manmeet PS Arora, stated in its order.

"This is your right. They are not doing some charity," the court told the petitioners while listing the matter for compliance in July. The petitioners included the present and former employees of the MCD.

Counsel said MCD will clear dues by April 25

The Delhi government's lawyer said they're working on it and asked for time until April 25 to make the payment. The court's decision came in response to petitions about the corporation not paying salaries and pensions.

On March 1, the court pulled up the MCD over its failure to implement the seventh pay commission's recommendations and cautioned that it would direct the dissolution of the civic body if it did not make itself financially viable.