Supreme Court of India

Vijay Kumar Joshi v. Akash Tripathi & Ors.

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Reported as [2025] 6 S.C.R. 402
Bench Vikram Nath and Prasanna B. Varale JJ.
Decided 12 May 2025

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, while the appellants are held entitled to pension from the MPSEB, the period of service rendered in the Society prior to absorption cannot be counted.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Issue arose with regards to admissibility of pension to the employees of the Co-operative Societies who were absorbed with the Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board (MPSEB); if the answer to the same is yes then what would be the length of service to be counted i.e. whether the service rendered in the Society would also be counted for determining the qualifying period for calculation of pension or only the service rendered after absorption in the MPSEB would be counted. Headnotes† Madhya Pradesh Civil Services (Pension) Rules – rr.3(p), 12(2), 13(1) – Admissibility of

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