Punjab Civil Services Rules

The petitioners were former employees of the Faridabad Development Board who retired between 1976 and 1986 and sought pension benefits under a scheme introduced in 1992. They relied on a prior civil suit where similarly situated employees were granted pension, arguing that the decree should bind the administration as r…

The Supreme Court examined two appeals by the State of Rajasthan challenging orders that paid only subsistence allowance to two former employees who had been reinstated after disciplinary penalties. The Court interpreted Rule 54 of the Rajasthan Service Rules, 1951, holding that full pay is payable only when the employ…

Gurbaran Singh, a pharmacist employed by the Punjab State Health Services since 1975, resigned in 1986 and was granted only gratuity and provident fund, not pension. He filed a suit seeking pensionary benefits, and the trial and appellate courts awarded him pension, which the State of Punjab appealed. The Supreme Court…