Supreme Court of India

State of Punjab and A.l\ir. v. Jl. Gupta and Ors. Etc. Etc.

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Reported as [2000] 1 S.C.R. 903
Bench S. Saghir Ahmad and Y.K. Sabharwal JJ.
Decided 16 February 2000

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, wt allow the appeals, set aside the judg­ D ment of the High Court and dismiss the writ petitions.

Judgment, page 4

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Service Law-Pensionary benefits-Government Notification gave higher benefits to employees from a specified date--R.espondents who retired prior to the specified date claimed similar benefits-High Court directed pay­ ment of all dues on the basis of the notification-On appeal Held, benefits became available on a much later date by reason of change ii1 the mies-Hence could not be given to those who retired prior to the date of the Notification. Respondents were the employees of the State of Punjab who retired before 31st March, 1985 and claimed higher pensionary benefits on the basis a

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