Uttar Pradesh Fundamental Rules

The respondent, a former employee of Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam, filed a writ petition seeking to remain in service until the age of 60, arguing that the amendment of Rule 56(a) of the Uttar Pradesh Fundamental Rules, which raised the retirement age for state government servants from 58 to 60, should apply to him. The app…

The respondent, a Senior Prosecuting Officer, voluntarily retired on 12‑April‑1976 under Uttar Pradesh Fundamental Rule 56 and received pension and gratuity. In 1976 the Rule was amended by adding a proviso that allowed an additional five years of service to be counted for pension and gratuity for those who retired vol…

Lalsa Ram, a direct‑recruit Naib Tehsildar, was promoted to Deputy Collector solely on seniority. The Uttar Pradesh government later ordered his compulsory retirement under Rule 56(c) of the U.P. Fundamental Rules, relying on several adverse entries in his service record that pre‑dated his promotion. The Allahabad High…

Chandra Mohan Varma, a Professor of Cardiology in a Uttar Pradesh government medical college, retired on attaining the age of 60 on 13 August 2014. He was granted a ‘session ending benefit’ extending his service until 30 June 2015 under a Government Order dated 19 November 2012. While he was on this extension, the Stat…

The petitioners, former employees of the Uttar Pradesh Local Self‑Government Engineering Department who became employees of Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam under the 1975 Water Supply and Sewerage Act, challenged the Nigam’s order that they retire at 58 years despite a 2002 amendment to Rule 56(a) of the Uttar Pradesh Fundamen…

V.K. Jain, an Assistant Engineer promoted to Executive Engineer in Uttar Pradesh, was compulsorily retired under U.P. Fundamental Rule 56(c) after a Screening Committee considered four adverse entries in his character roll, including a withholding of integrity. The High Court set aside the retirement, holding that only…

The appellants, drivers and conductors originally employed by the Uttar Pradesh Government Roadways, were deemed on deputation to the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation when it was created on 1 June 1972. While on deputation, several of them were terminated or suspended by officers of the Corporation who we…

The Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam, a state corporation, had two categories of engineers—those transferred from the former Local Self‑Government Engineering Department and those directly recruited. While the State amended its fundamental rules to raise the superannuation age from 58 to 60 years for government servants, the Ni…