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VIBHU BAKHRU, TARA VITASTA GANJU
S. P. Mediratta & Ors – Appellant
Versus
Union of India & Ors – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Tara Vitasta Ganju, J.
1. The present Appeal has been filed by the Appellants impugning an order dated 05.09.2013 [hereinafter referred to as "Impugned Order"] passed by the learned Single Judge, whereby the Petition filed by the Petitioners/Appellants praying that they should be granted benefits of the Central Government Health Scheme, 1954 [hereinafter referred to as "CGH Scheme"], was dismissed by the learned Single Judge.
2. The Petitioners [10 in number] were the erstwhile employees of Respondent No.2, the Central Silk Board [hereinafter referred to as "Respondent No.2/CSB"] who have since retired. The Respondent No.2/CSB is a statutory body under the administrative control of the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India/Respondent No.1. Respondent No.2/CSB was established in 1948 under the Central Silk Board Act, 1948 and their employees draw salary and their pensions from the consolidated fund of the Government of India.
3. A Coordinate Bench of this Court on 14.03.2014 admitted this Appeal. The Appeal was thereafter dismissed in default for non- prosecution on 26.09.2019 and subsequently, restored on 18.10.2023 and heard by this Court.
4. It is the case of the Appellan
The rejection of the proposal to extend the CGH Scheme benefits to retired employees of the Central Silk Board was a policy decision based on resource constraints and economic considerations, which d....
Employees of autonomous bodies cannot claim pension benefits on par with government employees unless formally adopted by the governing body.
Pensioners in non-CGHS areas opting for fixed medical allowance are ineligible for reimbursement under CS(MA) Rules, as 1998 OM does not extend coverage per clarifications and binding precedent.
The central legal point established in the judgment is the interpretation and application of the O.M. dated 29.05.2015 and O.M. dated 13.03.2019 regarding the extension of CGHS facilities to retired ....
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