New Delhi, Dec. 13 -- Observing that the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) is a regulatory mechanism to control pollution and not a source of individual service rights, the Delhi High Court has declined to grant work-from-home relief to a central government employee who alleged non-compliance with anti-pollution directions at his workplace.

Justice Sachin Datta held that while GRAP directions issued by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) must be implemented scrupulously, they cannot be construed as conferring enforceable personal rights on employees against their employers, particularly in derogation of existing service conditions.

The Court was hearing a petition filed by a Scientist-E employed with the Centre for Develop...