Supreme Court of India

State of Madhya Pradesh & Others v. Hitkishore Goswami

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Reported as [2015] 2 S.C.R. 202
Bench Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla and Abhay Manohar Sapre JJ.
Decided 16 February 2015

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered opinion that the courts below erred in directing the State to give benefit to the respondent of his services which H he had rendered from "02.07.1963 to 02.01.1966" for fixing STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH v.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Service Law- Counting of past service - For the purpose of fixation of pay and other retiral benefits - Permissibility of - Held: The employee was not entitled to benefit of his past service i.e. his previous employment, from which he voluntarily retired to join the subsequent service - On tendering of resignation, relationship between the employer and employee severed for all purposes - Previous employment neither had any connection with the subsequent employment nor was there any rule or condition recognizing such continuity of service. Allowing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1. The respondent

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