Supreme Court of India

Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. v. Dwarka Prasad Koolwal & Ors.

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Reported as [2014] 13 S.C.R. 492
Bench Madan B. Lokur and Kurian Joseph JJ.
Decided 7 August 2014
Status Distinguished

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the more appropriate course of action F to adopt in these matters would be to remand them to a Single Judge of the High Court for fresh consideration on merits after hearing the writ petitioners and the RSEB.

Judgment, page 31

From the headnote

c Service Law- Switch-over option from CPF to Pension/ GPF Scheme - Whether the respondents were entitled, as of right, to one more opportunity to switch-over from the Contributory Provident Fund (CPF) Scheme of which they were members, to the Pension Scheme and the General Provident Fund (GPF) Scheme implemented by the appellant - Held: Entitlement to pension was available to the respondents but they chose not to avail the entitlement for reasons personal to them - Having taken a decision in this regard, the respondents cannot now raise an argument of pension not being a bounty and therefore

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