Supreme Court of India

Union of India & Ors. v. M. K. Sarkar

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Reported as [2009] 16 S.C.R. 249

Bench R.V. Raveendran J.

Decided 8 December 2009

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Delay and /aches: Provident fund retiree who failed to exercise option to shift c to the pension scheme within the stipulated time cannot exercise the option, after the expiry of validity period for the option scheme, that too after 22 years - Service law. Claims which are stale or time barred - Cause of action - Issue of limitation or delay should be considered with reference to the original cause of action and not with reference ·'\ . to the date on which an order is passed in compliance with a court's direction - Court/Tribunal, before directing 'consideration' of a claim or representation

Authorities it was built on

1961 Nilkantha Shidramappa Ningashetti v. Kashinath Somanna Ningashetti and Others. cited by 19

Where later benches applied it

2018 Union of India and Others v. Chaman Rana relied on
2010 Union of India v. A. Durairaj (d) by Lrs. relied on
2024 U.P. Roadways Retired Officials and Officers Association v. State of U.P. & Anr. referred to
2019 Union of India & Ors. v. C. Girija & Ors. referred to
2013 State of Uttaranchal and Another v. Sri Shiv Charan Singh Bhandari and Others referred to
2025 The Chief Executive Officer & Others v. S. Lalitha & Others distinguished

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 distinguished · 3 referred to

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