Supreme Court of India

Union of India & Ors. v. Gandiba Behera

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Bench Ranjan Gogoi, Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose JJ.
Decided 8 November 2019

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the judgments under appeal cannot be sustained.

Judgment, page 17

From the headnote

Service law: Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972: Pension – Qualifying years of service – Calculation of – Services rendered by employees in the postal department as Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) after they got selected in regular posts in the said department – Computation for determining their qualifying service for entitlement to pension – Held: Services rendered by the respondents as GDS or other Extra–Departmental Agents cannot be factored in for computing their qualifying services in regular posts under the postal department for the grant of pension – On facts, respondents not found…

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