Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 40 · Decided 17 January 2013
Kallakkurichi Taluk Retired Official Association, Tamilnadu, ETC. v. State of Tamilnadu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 40 · [2013] 4 S.C.R. 883
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8848/2012
- Decided
- 17 January 2013
- Bench
- D.K. JAIN, J.S. KHEHAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 16
Headnote
Service Law: A B c Pension - Calculation of - Government order - While calculating pension, classified the employees retiring before and after 1.6.1988 - Lower component of 'dearness pay' was extended to the employees retiring after 1.6.1988 vis-a-vis the prior thereto - Held: Such classification 0 is arbitrary and discriminatory and is liable to be set aside as violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution - Constitution of India, 1950 - Articles 14 and 16 - Tami/nadu Pension Rules, 1976 - r.30. Constitution of India, 1950 - Articles 14 and
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