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IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
SMITA DAS DE
Tarapada Masanta – Appellant
Versus
State of West Bengal – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. pension eligibility based on school recognition timeline. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. arguments regarding entitlement under pension schemes. (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8) |
| 3. court's rationale for granting pension despite qualifying shortfall. (Para 9 , 10 , 11) |
| 4. final orders on pension disbursement and authority directives. (Para 12 , 13 , 14 , 15) |
JUDGMENT :
Smita Das De, J.
1. The writ petitioner has filed the instant writ petition for an order directing inter alia, the Government of West Bengal, to grant minimum pension to the petitioner after condoning one year shortfall in his service after counting his past continuous service before being absorbed in the substantive post with effect from March 30, 2005.
2. Appropo, the facts of the case is that the writ petitioner joined as an Assistant Teacher on July 10, 1981 pursuant to an appointment letter dated June 22, 1981 issued by the Secretary, Organising Managing Committee of Ichharia Junior High School, District-Bankura (hereinafter referred to as the said school). The said school was established in the year 1970. Thereafter the President of the Organising Managing Committee of the said school submitted an application to the We
Recognition of continuous service prior to school approval is essential to entitle employees to pension benefits, despite shortfalls in qualifying service.
Continuous ad-hoc service followed by regularization counts towards qualifying service for pension, and vested rights cannot be retrospectively revoked.
Accrued rights to pension cannot be retrospectively revoked, and continuous ad-hoc service qualifies for pension benefits under applicable rules.
The court ruled that the entire service of the petitioner from 1979 to 2015 must be considered for pension calculation, subject to the deposit of management contributions, as earlier cut-off dates we....
The date of appointment should be considered for pension benefits, and delays caused by the respondents cannot be used to deny the petitioners' rights.
The delay in appointing the petitioner is solely attributable to the conduct of the respondent authorities, and the date of appointment should be treated notionally for computing the period of qualif....
Point of law: practice of the Government issuing Government Orders for fulfilling the needs of individual persons, for one reason or the other, should be put a stop to, as otherwise the clause of equ....
A retired headmaster's entitlement to pension cannot be withheld due to unproven financial allegations post-retirement, but provisional pension may be granted pending reconciliation of account discre....
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