Railway Services (Pension) Rules, 1993

The case concerned commission vendors of the Northern Railway who, after being absorbed into regular railway service, sought to have 50% of their pre‑absorption service counted as qualifying service for pension benefits, as had been granted to similarly situated vendors in other railway zones. The Union of India appeal…

The case concerned whether a railway employee who retired on 31 January 1995 was entitled to gratuity under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 or whether the Railway Services (Pension) Rules, 1993 governed his benefit. The Union of India argued that Section 2(e) of the 1972 Act expressly excludes persons holding a post …

The widow of Ram Niwas, a project casual labourer who was later treated as a temporary employee under a scheme approved by the Supreme Court, applied for family pension after his death in 1988. The Railway Administration rejected the claim, citing the Railway Services (Pension) Rules, 1993, which they said did not exte…

The appellant, a railway signal engineer, was suspended on 21‑January‑1982 and later compulsorily retired on 25‑November‑1992. During the suspension he received only a subsistence allowance equal to 75 % of his revised basic pay, which the President ordered to count as qualifying service for pension but for no other pu…