Supreme Court of India

Hec Voluntary Retd. Emps Welfare Soc. and Anr. v. Heavy Engineering Corporation Ltd. and Ors.

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Reported as [2006] 2 S.C.R. 678
Bench S.B. Sinha J.
Decided 24 February 2006

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For the foregoing reasons, we are of the view that the impugned judgment cannot be faulted with.

Judgment, page 16

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Service Law: ,. • c Voluntary Retirement Scheme --Sick company floated a scheme for voluntary retirement of its employees in the year 1987 which remained in force up to 1990- -On 22.10.1990 a revised Voluntary Retirement Scheme was floated-The scheme was to remain effective for an initial period of one year-But the scheme had been extended from time to time- --Company issued a circular dated 9.10.1997 revising the scale of pay-The same was given retrospective effect from 1.1.1992 and was to remain in force for a period of 5 years from the said date i.e. up to 31.12. 1996-- The employees who

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