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Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972

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IndiaversusIndirawati Devi

DISMISSED

The petition filed by the Union of India challenged a Patna High Court order that had set aside earlier orders denying family pension to Indirawati Devi, wife of the deceased employee of the Department of Posts. The husband had been a casual labourer from 1982, received temporary status in 2001, and …

BHIKHANI DEVI AND ETC.versusUNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS

2026 INSC 612Appeal(s) allowed

The appellants, former night‑guard casual labourers of the Department of Posts, were granted "temporary status" under the 1991 Casual Labourers Scheme and later treated at par with temporary Group ‘D’ employees after three years of service, but were never formally regularised. They sought pension …

ASHOK KUMAR DABAS (DEAD THROUGH LEGAL HEIRS)versusDELHI TRANSPORT CORPORATION

2025 INSC 1404Case Partly allowed

Ashok Kumar Dabas, a conductor with Delhi Transport Corporation since 1985, resigned on 7 August 2014 and his resignation was accepted on 19 September 2014; a subsequent request to withdraw the resignation was denied. The deceased sought pension, gratuity and leave encashment for his legal heirs, …

S.D. JAYAPRAKASH AND ORS. ETC.versusTHE UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

2025 INSC 594Case Partly allowed

The appellants were appointed as Data Entry Operators on a contractual basis between 1996 and 1999 and were regularised in 2015. They sought to have their contractual service counted for pension benefits under the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972. The Central Administrative Tribunal and …

SATISH CHANDER SHARMA & ORS.versusSTATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH & ORS.

2025 INSC 491Dismissed

The petitioners, retired officers of the Himachal Pradesh State Forest Development Corporation, challenged the denial of pension benefits under the 1999 corporate sector pension scheme, arguing that the Supreme Court’s decision in State of H.P. v. Rajesh Chander Sood, which upheld a cut‑off date of …

RAJKARAN SINGH & ORS.versusUNION OF INDIA & ORS.

2024 INSC 621Appeal(s) allowed

The appellants, who were employed as Junior Accountant, Accountant, Upper Division Clerk and Lower Division Clerk to manage the Special Frontier Force's Compulsory Saving Scheme Deposits (SSD) Fund, claimed pensionary benefits under the 6th Central Pay Commission and the Revised Pay Scale Rules, …

ALL INDIA JUDGES ASSOCIATIONversusUNION OF INDIA & ORS

2023 INSC 564Directions issued

The Supreme Court examined the recommendations of the Second National Judicial Pay Commission (SNJPC) concerning pay, pension, gratuity, retirement age and related service conditions for the district judiciary. The petitioners, All India Judges Association, sought uniform designations, a pay matrix …

B. S. HARI COMMANDANTversusUNION OF INDIA & ORS.

2023 INSC 369Appeal(s) allowed

B.S. Hari, a Commandant in the Border Security Force, was convicted by a General Security Force Court for allegedly permitting the smuggling of acetic anhydride across the India‑Pakistan border and was sentenced to ten years’ rigorous imprisonment, a fine and dismissal from service. The conviction …

SHRI RAM SHRIDHAR CHIMURKARversusUNION OF INDIA & ANR.

2023 INSC 49Dismissed

Shridhar Chimurkar, a retired government superintendent, died in 1994 leaving a widow, Maya Motghare, who adopted Sri Ram Shridhar Chimurkar in 1996, two years after the death. The appellant sought family pension under the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972, but the government rejected the …

CENTRAL INDUSTRIAL SECURITY FORCEversusOM PRAKASH

2022 INSC 147Appeal(s) allowed

Head Constable Om Prakash was prematurely retired after completing 30 years of service under Rule 56(j) of the Fundamental Rules read with Rule 48(1)(b) of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972. The Delhi High Court set aside the retirement order, holding that penalties and adverse …

MUNISH KUMARversusSTATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND ANOTHER

2020 INSC 398Appeal(s) allowed

The appellant sought a compassionate appointment after his father, a government employee, died while in service on 16 June 2004. The father had applied for retirement on medical grounds before his death, but the retirement was approved only after his death, with effect from an earlier date. The …

NISHA PRIYA BHATIAversusUNION OF INDIA & ANR.

2020 INSC 355Disposed off

Ms. Nisha Priya Bhatia, a Director in the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), complained of sexual harassment against senior officers, after which her identity was publicly disclosed and she attempted suicide. The government declared her "exposed" and "unemployable" and ordered her compulsory …

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.versusGANDIBA BEHERA

2019 INSC 1226Appeal(s) allowed

The petitioners, Union of India and others, challenged several High Court judgments that had allowed Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) who were later regularised as Group D or other regular postal employees to count their GDS service towards the ten‑year qualifying service required for pension under the …

P. BANDOPADHYA & ORS.versusUNION OF INDIA & ORS.

2019 INSC 390

The appellants were employees of the Overseas Communications Service (OCS) which was converted into Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) in 1986. They exercised the option to be absorbed into VSNL on 2 January 1990 and also chose to retain pension benefits under Central Government rules, despite …

DELHI TRANSPORT CORPORATIONversusBALWAN SINGH & ORS.

2019 INSC 267Appeal(s) allowed

The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) allowed its ex‑employees to retire under a Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) in 1993. The respondents, who had taken periods of unauthorised absence/leave without pay, were denied pension benefits because those periods were excluded from qualifying service. The …

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.versusDR. O. P. NIJHAWAN & ORS.

2019 INSC 4Dismissed

The case concerned scientists employed in DRDO, DAE and DOS who were granted a special pay of Rs 2,000 (effective from 1 Jan 1996) and Rs 4,000 (effective from 1 Jan 2006). The Union of India challenged the inclusion of this special pay in the definition of "pay" for computing pension under …

HARSH KUMAR SHARMA, IFSversusSTATE OF PUNJAB & ANR.

2016 INSC 1130Disposed off

Harsh Kumar Sharma, an IFS officer, faced criminal prosecution under the Prevention of Corruption Act for alleged irregularities in a golf‑course project in a forest area. While his promotion to Chief Conservator of Forests was considered by the Departmental Promotional Committee (DPC), the DPC kept …

BRAJENDRA SINGH YAMBEMversusUNION OF INDIA AND ANR.

2016 INSC 620Case Partly allowed

The appellant, a retired CRPF Commandant, was alleged to have been involved in the loss of arms and the supply of contraband ganja while in service. Earlier disciplinary proceedings were quashed by the High Court, but the authority later issued fresh memoranda of charges in 2008 and 2009 after …

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.versusDILEEP KUMAR SINGH

2015 INSC 171Appeal(s) allowed

Dileep Kumar Singh, a CRPF Assistant Commandant, suffered a permanent spinal injury while on duty and was medically declared 100% incapacitated. He was subsequently relieved from service in July 2011 and challenged the relief under the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of …

GOVERNMENT OF NCT (DELHI) AND ANOTHERversusK. SRIVATSAN

2014 INSC 1007Appeal(s) allowed

K. Srivatsan, a government employee on deputation to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, was suspended on 3 December 2007, the suspension was revoked, and he was again suspended on 29 February 2008, remaining under suspension until his superannuation on 30 June 2008. After retirement, the CBI …

MAHINDER DUTT SHARMAversusU.0.1. & ORS.

2014 INSC 267Appeal(s) allowed

Mahinder Dutt Sharma, a police constable, was dismissed for a 320‑day unauthorized and willful absence. After serving 24 years with commendations, he sought compassionate allowance under Rule 41 of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972, citing family deaths, his wife's cancer and his own …

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.versusMADHU E.V. & ANR.

2012 INSC 185Appeal(s) allowed

The petitioners were constables of the Border Security Force (BSF) who resigned after completing ten years of service under Rule 19 of the BSF Rules, 1969, and were initially told they would be entitled to pension on compassionate grounds. The Government later informed them that no pension would be …

NARESH KUMARversusDEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY AND ORS.

2010 INSC 390Dismissed

The appellant, a former Indian Air Force air corporal who later served with the Department of Atomic Energy and Nuclear Power Corporation, had elected a pro‑rata pension on retirement and subsequently sought to change his option to a combined civil‑military pension. His multiple representations to …

UNION OF !NOIAversusS.P. SINGH

2008 INSC 605Dismissed

S.P. Singh, an Indian Revenue Service officer, applied for voluntary retirement effective 1 September 2005. While his retirement was pending, a suspension order dated 30 August 2005 was issued but was first dispatched to Nagpur, an address where Singh was not residing; he was actually in Noida. The …

VIDESH SANCHAR NIGAM LTD. & ANR.versusAJIT KUMAR KAR & ORS.

2008 INSC 435Appeal(s) allowed

The case concerned retired employees of the Overseas Communication Service who were transferred to Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (VSNL) and had opted to retain Central Government pension benefits. VSNL paid their pensions based on the IDA pay scales but applied Dearness Relief (DR) at Central Government …

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.versusAMAR SINGH

2007 INSC 1183Appeal(s) allowed

Amar Singh, a constable in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), was found after 29 years of service to have entered the force using a fictitious school leaving certificate. A departmental enquiry confirmed the fraud, leading to his dismissal under Section 11(1) of the CRPF Act, 1949 and Rule 27 …

UNION OF INDIA AND ANR.versusBASHIRBHAI R. KHILIJI

2007 INSC 600Appeal(s) allowed

The respondent, a constable in the Central Reserve Police Force, was invalidated after contracting pyogenic meningitis and suffering bilateral deafness while on duty. He applied for an invalid pension but was denied on the ground that he had not completed the ten years of qualifying service required …

ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OF ORISSA AND ANR.versusR. RAMAMURTHY AND ANR.

2006 INSC 922Dismissed

The appellants challenged a High Court judgment that interpreted Rule 37A of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 regarding the calculation of restored pension for employees who had commuted a portion of their pension. The High Court had held that the pro‑rata commuted portion must be …

UNION OF INDIA AND ANR.versusS.L. VERMA AND ORS

2006 INSC 921Dismissed

The Union of India appealed a High Court order that had allowed a group of former Bureau of Indian Standards employees, who were members of the Contributory Provident Fund (CPF) scheme, to be deemed members of the pension scheme without any liability on the Union. The employees had not exercised the …

RAJ KUMAR AND ORS.versusUNION OF INDIA AND ANR.

2006 INSC 9Dismissed

The petitioners were Border Security Force (BSF) personnel who, relying on a 1995 government circular, resigned under Rule 19 of the BSF Rules in the hope of receiving pension benefits, although they had not completed the qualifying service required under the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, …

KUNAL SINGHversusUNION OF INDIA AND ANR.

2003 INSC 81Appeal(s) allowed

Kunal Singh, a constable in the Special Service Bureau, suffered a severe leg injury that led to amputation and was declared permanently incapacitated. The employer terminated his service, and the High Court dismissed his writ petition. Singh appealed, contending that under Section 47 of the Persons …

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.versusRAKESH KUMAR

2001 INSC 188Appeal(s) allowed

The respondent, a former constable of the Border Security Force (BSF), resigned after 12 years and 8 months of service under Rule 19 of the BSF Rules, 1969. The Government of India, relying on a 1995 Government Order, granted him full pensionary benefits, which were not released, leading to a writ …

TEK CHANDversusDILE RAM

2001 INSC 44Appeal(s) allowed

The respondent challenged the election of the appellant, Tek Chand, alleging that the independent candidate Nikka Ram's nomination was improperly accepted because he was allegedly holding an office of profit and was a BJP/RSS activist whose votes allegedly cut into the respondent's tally, thereby …

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.versusL.V. VISHWANATHAN ETC.

1997 INSC 724Appeal(s) allowed

The respondents, Audit Officers on deputation, retired after 1 January 1986 but before the Office Memorandum of 14 April 1987 came into force. The Memorandum, issued to implement the Fourth Pay Commission recommendations, retrospectively redefined "emoluments" for pension calculation as basic pay …

UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHERversusG. GANAYUTHAM (DEAD) BY LRS.

1997 INSC 622Appeal(s) allowed

The respondent, a Central Excise Superintendent, was found guilty of several charges in a departmental inquiry and, under Rule 9 of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972, had 50% of his pension and 50% of his gratuity withheld. The Central Administrative Tribunal held that Rule 9 did not …

K.L. RATHEEversusUNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

1997 INSC 517Dismissed

The petitioner, a former Joint Secretary who retired in 1968, sought to have his pension calculated on the same basis as those who retired after the 1979 liberalised pension formula was introduced, arguing that the Supreme Court's decision in D.S. Nakara required uniform treatment irrespective of …

FERTILIZER CORPORATION OF INDIAversusUNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

1996 INSC 276Appeal(s) allowed

The respondent, D.K. Jain, a member of the Indian Audit and Accounts Service, was appointed Director (Finance) of Fertilizer Corporation of India (FCI) for a term of five years under Article 69 of the corporation's Articles of Association. He later accepted a two‑year appointment as Director …

THE GENERAL MANAGER, TELEPHONES, ABMEDABAD AND ORS.versusV.G. DESAI AND ANR.

1996 INSC 160Appeal(s) allowed

V.G. Desai, a former telephone operator, sought retirement on medical grounds and the release of his General Provident Fund (GPF). The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) ordered payment of GPF, leave salary and interest from 20 April 1972 but denied pension, later directing that he be treated as …

UNION OF INDIA AND ORSversusG. VASUDEVAN PILLAY AND ORS. ETC. ETC .

1994 INSC 588Disposed off

The case concerned ex‑servicemen who were re‑employed in civil posts of the Government of India and the validity of the Union's decision to deny dearness relief (DR) on their pensions and family pensions, as well as to reduce their pay by an amount equivalent to the enhanced pension of those who …

UNION OF INDIAversusP.N. MENON AND ORS.

1994 INSC 118Appeal(s) allowed

The Union of India appealed against a High Court order that had upheld a writ petition filed by retired government servants (P.N. Menon and others) who argued that Office Memorandum No. F‑19(4)‑E.V./79 of 25 May 1979, which treated a portion of dearness allowance as "dearness pay" for pension and …

STATE OF U.P.versusU.P. UNIVERSITY COLLEGES PENSIONERS ASSOCIATION

1994 INSC 94Disposed off

The State of Uttar Pradesh issued a Government Order in 1980 offering two pension schemes to teachers of aided degree colleges, one of which provided pension without gratuity for those retiring at 60. Most teachers chose this scheme, but the Association challenged the computation of pension on the …

UNION OF INDIAversusS. DHARMALINGAM

1993 INSC 347Dismissed

The respondent, S. Dharmalingam, served as an Investigator from 1956 to 1960 and was later appointed Labour Officer by direct recruitment in 1960, retiring in 1985. He claimed an addition to his qualifying service under Rule 30(1) of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972, which the …

BHASKAR GAJANAN KAJREKARversusADMINISTRATOR, DADRA AND NAGAR HAVEL! AND ORS.

1993 INSC 64Appeal(s) allowed

The appellant, B. Gajanan Kajrekar, retired after 23 years of service as Chief of Police in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, but was denied pension on the ground that he had never been substantively appointed to any post. He challenged the denial before the Central Administrative Tribunal, which held that he …

JARNAIL SINGHversusSECRETARY, MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS AND ORS.

1992 INSC 327Dismissed

Jarnail Singh, a retired Under Secretary, was found guilty of serious irregularities and the President ordered permanent withholding of his full pension and death‑cum‑retirement gratuity. Singh challenged the order, arguing that Rule 9 of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 did not …

UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHERversusLT. COL. KOMAL CHARAN AND ORS.

1992 INSC 163Appeal(s) allowed

The respondents, former armed forces personnel, were re‑employed as whole‑time officers in the National Cadet Corps (NCC) and were granted permanent commissions under a Government order dated 23 May 1980, which fixed their retirement age at 55 (extendable to 57). They later sought to remain in …

D.V. KAPOORversusUNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

1990 INSC 225Appeal(s) allowed

The appellant, a civil servant, was transferred to New Delhi but failed to report for duty, leading to disciplinary proceedings under the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules. While the proceedings were pending, he took voluntary retirement, and the government continued the enquiry under Rule 9 of …

KRISHENA KUMAR AND ANR. ETC. ETC.versusUNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

1990 INSC 201Dismissed

The petitioners, retired railway employees who had opted for the Contributory Provident Fund (CPF) scheme, challenged twelve Railway Board notifications that allowed certain CPF retirees, after specified cut‑off dates, to switch to the pension scheme while denying the same option to other similarly …

SMT. SHAKUNTALA MEHRISHIversusNEW DELHI MUNICIPAL COMMIITEE AND ORS.

1990 INSC 66Appeal(s) allowed

The petitioner, a primary teacher who retired in 1977 from an aided school, had opted for pension under a 1975 notification issued under Rule 126 of the Delhi School Education Rules. Despite her retirement, the Delhi Administration delayed payment of pension and gratuity, finally promulgating a …

S. BANERJEEversusUNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

1989 INSC 316Case Allowed

S. Banerjee, Additional Registrar of the Supreme Court, sought voluntary retirement under Rule 48‑A of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972, effective from the forenoon of 1 January 1986. He claimed pension benefits under paragraph 17.3 of the Fourth Central Pay Commission report, which …

SMT. BHAGWANTI AND ANR.versusUNION OF INDIA

1989 INSC 257Case Allowed

The widows of two retired government servants—Smt. Bhagwanti (ex‑Subedar) and Smt. Sharda Swamy (retired railway employee)—filed writ petitions under Article 32 seeking family pension after their husbands' deaths. The Union of India denied the pensions, relying on Rule 54(14)(b) of the Central Civil …

O.P. GUPTAversusUNION OF INDIA & ORS.

1987 INSC 238Appeal(s) allowed

O.P. Gupta, an Assistant Engineer in the Central Public Works Department, was suspended in 1959 pending a departmental enquiry that lingered for over a decade. He was reinstated in 1970 but the enquiry continued, leading to his compulsory retirement in 1972. The Delhi High Court quashed the …

BALRAM GUPTAversusUNION OF INDIA & ANR.

1987 INSC 235Appeal(s) allowed

Balram Gupta, a permanent clerk with over 20 years of service, gave notice of voluntary retirement effective 31 March 1981 under Rule 48‑A of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972. He later withdrew the notice on 31 January 1981, citing personal requests from staff, but the government …

D.S. NAKARA & OTHERSversusUNION OF INDIA

1982 INSC 103Case Allowed

The petitioners, two retired government servants and a society of pensioners, challenged two 1979 Government memoranda that liberalised pension computation but limited the benefit to employees who were in service on 31 March 1979 (civil servants) or 1 April 1979 (armed forces) and retired on or …