Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 573 · Decided 25 July 1997
Chairman, Railway Board and ORS. v. C.R. Rangadhamaiah and ORS. ETC. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 573 · [1997] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 63
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4174/1995
- Decided
- 25 July 1997
- Bench
- J.S. VERMA, M.M. PUNCHHI, S.C. AGRAWAL, A.S. ANAND, S.P. BHARUCHA (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 16, 19(1)(f), 31(1), 309
Headnote
Service Law: India11 Railway Establishmellf Code-Rule 2544--Computatio11 of pen- c sion-Railway Employees retired betwee11 1. 1. 73 and 5.12.88-Notifications amended Rule reducing percentage limit of nm11i11g allowance while calculat- ing average emolume11ts-Retrospective operatio1t-Adversely retired ther1-Held, not pe1111issible-E11titled to pensio11 on the basis of rules prevalant at the time of retirement. D Rule 157-Notifications and orders reducing pe11sion of previously :::.. retired employees-Whether Executive Instructio11s or Statutory Rules-Held, not a pure question of law,
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