Supreme Court of India

State of U.P. & Ors. v. Smt. Priyanka

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Reported as [2023] 1 S.C.R. 385
Bench M. R. Shah and B. V . Nagarathna JJ.
Decided 9 February 2023

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, the present appeal fails and deserves to be dismissed and is accordingly dismissed.

Judgment, page 4

From the headnote

Service Law: Death-cum-Retirement gratuity – Payment of – To heirs/dependent of deceased employee, when emplo yee died before he could exercise the option of retirement – Respondent- wife of deceased employee applied for payment of grat uity due to her husband, but the same was rejected on ground that he had not opted for retirement at the age of 60 years – Writ proceedings – High Court held that respondent would be entitled to the benefit of Government Order dated 16.9.2009 and to the benefit of death- cum-retirement gratuity being heir of the deceased employee – Justification of – Held:

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