Supreme Court of India

Dr. G. Sadasivan Nair v. Cochin University of Science and Technology Represented by its Registrar, & Ors.

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Reported as [2021] 9 S.C.R. 752
Bench M. R. Shah and B. V. Nagarathna JJ.
Decided 1 December 2021

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid discussion, we set aside the judgment of the Division Bench as well as that of the learned Single Judge of the High Court dated 29th August 2019 and 3rd April, 2006 respectively and allow the instant appeal.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Service Law – Kerala Service Rules – r. 25(a), Part -III – Benefit under – Appellant was appointed as a Lectur er at the respondent University with effect from 07.09.1984 – P rior to such appointment, he was a lawyer practised for eight ye ars – The appellant made a representation before the Registra r of the respondent University, requesting to reckon his pra ctice of eight years at the Bar for the purpose of determining his pensionary benefits payable to him on his superannuation on the basis of Rul e 25 (a), Part III, Kerala Service Rules (KSR) – Registra r rejected his request and relied

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