Supreme Court of India

Kashmiri Lal Sharma v. Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd. & Anr.

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Reported as [2025] 5 S.C.R. 446
Bench Manoj Misra and K.V. Viswanathan JJ.
Decided 2 April 2025

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that till the date the said OM was operative, the appellant was entitled to its benefit as, admittedly, he fell in the category of employee suffering from such disabilities as are specified in the 1995 Act and the 2016 Act.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether the benefit of extension of retirement age for the physically disabled category could be confined to persons with visual impairment as provided in the OM dated 29.03.2013 or it should be available to persons suffering from all such disabilities as are specified in the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016; whether such extension could be withdrawn as was done by the OM dated 04.11.2019. If yes, then what would be its effect on the claim of the

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