Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 419 · Decided 3 July 2013
C.V. Francis v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 419 · [2013] 8 S.C.R. 53
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 31250/2011
- Decided
- 3 July 2013
- Bench
- ALTAMAS KABIR, ANIL R. DAVE, RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service Law: Voluntary Retirement Scheme - Employee seeking benefit under- Without waiting for the acceptance thereof, went A - B c on leave and took employment elsewhere - His leave not extended - On his failure to join duty, disciplinary proceedings initiated for unauthorized his seniices 0 terminated - High Court upheld the termination - Held: Decision as regards grant of benefit under Voluntary Retirement Scheme is at the discretion of the employer, unless where the Scheme itself provides for the retirement to take effect at the end of notice period - In the
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