Supreme Court of India

Bank of India & Anr. v. K. Mohandas & Ors.

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Bench D.K. Jain and R.M. Lodha JJ.

Decided 27 March 2009

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What the Court ordered

The result of the foregoing discussion is that the appeals preferred by the banks must fail and are dismissed while the appeals of the employees deserve to be allowed and are allowed accordingly. The respective banks shall now recalculate, within one month from today, the pension payable to the concerned employees by giving them the benefit of Regulation 29(5). However, the employees shall not be entitled to interest on unpaid pension. The pending applications in these appeals stand disposed of. The parties shall bear their own costs.

Judgment, Para 56

From the headnote

Pension Regulations, 1995: Regulation 28, 29(5) - VRS 2000 - Bank employees - Optees of voluntary retirement under VRS 2000 having completed 20 years of services of appellants-Banks are entitled to addition of five years of notional service in calculating the length of service for the purpose of said scheme as per Regulation 29(5) - Special benefit under Regulation 29(5) available to employees who completed 20 years of service or more, cannot be said to be discriminatory to those employees who completed 15 years of service but not completed 20 years - Service law - Voluntary retirement.

Authorities it was built on

2002 Bhavnagar University v. Palitana Sugar Mill Pvt, Ltd. and Ors. cited by 72

Where later benches applied it

2020 Assistant General Manager, State Bank of India & Ors. v. Radhey Shyam Pandey relied on
2018 Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Ltd. and Others v. M/s. Gmr Vemagiri Power Generation Ltd. and Another relied on
2014 Dinubhai Boghabhai Solanki v. State of Gujarat & Ors. relied on
2020 The State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr. v. U.P. State Bridge Corporation Ltd.& Anr. referred to
2019 Central Bank of India & Ors. v. Tara Chand referred to
2016 Senior Divisional Commercial Manager & Ors v. S.C.R. Caterers, Dry Fruits, Fruit Juice Stalls Welfare Association & Anr. referred to
2023 Cox and Kings Ltd. v. Sap India Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. mentioned
2014 State Bank of Patiala v. Pritam Singh Bedi & Ors. distinguished
2012 Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. v. M/s. Dewan Chand Ram Saran distinguished

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

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