Supreme Court of India

Subha Prasad Nandi Majumdar v. The State of West Bengal Service & Ors

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Reported as [2025] 7 S.C.R. 1808
Bench Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 30 July 2025

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that it is not necessary for the appellant to challenge the amended provisions as our conclusions are based on the plain and simple interpretation of the Notification dated 24.02.2021 as well as Section 4 of the Act.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order passed by the Division Bench of the High Court upholding the University and State’s stance that government Notification dated 24.02.2021 extending the retirement age from 60 to 65 years is inapplicable to the appellant due to non-satisfaction of the 10-year continuous teaching condition in a university situated in West Bengal. Headnotes† Service law – Retirement – Extension of retirement age from 60 to 65 years – Appellant served as a teaching staff member for 16 years at a college in Assam – Thereafter, in 2007

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