Supreme Court of India

Vijay S. Sathaye v. Indian Airlines Ltd. and Ors.

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Reported as [2013] 10 S.C.R. 73
Bench Dr. B.S. Chauhan and S.A. Bobde JJ.
Decided 6 September 2013

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3 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

In view of the above, as the petitioner had voluntarily abandoned the services of the respondents, there was no requirement on the part of the respondents to pass any order whatsoever on his application and it is a clear cut case of voluntary abandonment of service and the petitions are liable to be dismissed.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Service Law: Voluntary Retirement - Employee applied seeking c voluntary retirement under Voluntary Retirement Scheme - During pendency of his application for approval from the competent authority, he did not attend the duty - Application rejected - Writ petition challenging the rejection dismissed by Single Judge of High Court - Writ appeal a/so dismissed by Division Bench of High Court - Held: The employ~e did not ensure compliance of Regulation 12(b) of Serv4ce Regulations which required three months notice as a condition for applying VRS - Acceptance of the application was a/so subject to

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to

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