Supreme Court of India

The Reserve Bank of India v. M.T. Mani and Another

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Reported as [2025] 5 S.C.R. 1128
Bench Abhay S. Oka and Augustine George Masih JJ.
Decided 23 May 2025

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, the impugned judgment dated 18.12.2023 passed by the Division Bench of High Court of Kerala, therefore, cannot sustain and is hereby set aside and the Judgment of the Learned Single Judge dated 04.04.2023 dismissing the writ petition preferred by the Respondent is restored.

Judgment, page 18

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration RBI issued Administration Circular No.1 on 14.09.2020 opening a last option for the serving and retiring employees to switch over to pension scheme from CPF scheme. Whether the fixing of the cut off date i.e. 01.07.2020 for grant of pensionary benefits and that too prospectively is in consonance with law or is discriminatory and arbitrary. Headnotes† Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 – RBI Pension Regulations, 1990 – Contributory Provident Fund – After introduction of Pension Regulations, 1990, RBI gave option to the serving and retiring employees to switch over to pension

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