The Delhi high court reprimanded the city government for making one of its senior bureaucrats work for Rs 1 a month for three months after his retirement.

While pulling up the government for making Delhi Khadi and Village Industries Board (DKVIB) director J.S. Khatri work for it after his retirement at the ludicrous pay, a bench of Justices B.D. Ahmed and V.K. Jain asked the government to pay him at the rate of 50 per cent of his last drawn basic salary.
“The government is expected to act fairly with regard to its employees and we do not find that such a conduct would be becoming on the part of the government,” the bench said.
It pointed out that though Khatri had agreed to work as an officer on special duty (OSD) on the token payment only “till the government decides about his emoluments”, the authorities failed to fix his wages and tried to pin him down to accept Rs 1 per month. “Unfortunately, the government has not fixed any emolument and has tried to pin down Khatri to accept only Rs 1 per month,” the bench said.
It held Khatri is entitled to receive 50 per cent of his last drawn basic salary along with dearness allowance as remuneration. “Since the respondent has already received pension for the said three months, we feel that it would be appropriate if he is paid 50 per cent of his basic last drawn salary plus dearness allowance thereon, as applicable at that point of time, as his remuneration,” the bench said.