Supreme Court · 2026 INSC 352 · Decided 10 April 2026
The State of Kerala v. M. Vijayakumar & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2026 INSC 352 · [2026] 5 S.C.R. 119
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4347/2026
- Decided
- 10 April 2026
- Bench
- MANOJ MISRA, PRASANNA BHALACHANDRA VARALE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14
Headnote
If Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) are to be added on salary and pension payable to serving employees and retired employees, respectively, whether there could be a higher rate for enhancement of DA than what it is for DR. Constitution of Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief - Retired employees of KSRTC filed a writ petition questioning the lower rate fixed for enhancement of DR on pension than what was fixed for enhancement of DA on salary - Their grievance was that the serving employees got enhancement of DA by 14
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