Supreme Court of India

The State of Bihar & Anr. v. Dr. Sachindra Narayan & Ors.

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Reported as [2019] 1 S.C.R. 748
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta JJ.
Decided 30 January 2019

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above judgments, legitimate expectation is one of the grounds of judicial review but unless a legal obligati on exists, there cannot be any legitimate expectation.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Anugraha Narayan Sinha Institute of Social Studies Act, 1964: ss. 6, 8, 9 and 10 – Payment of Pension – To the employees o f the Institute incorporated under the Act – Responsibi lity to pay – Whether on State Government – As per resolution dated 15.02.1985, the Board of the institute implemented retiral benefits which were to be paid by the Institute from its own resources – Pensi on was paid to the employees after the resolution, but was stopped from January 2014 – Writ petition seeking direction for payment o f pension and arrears thereof – Petition dismissed by High Court holding that

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