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IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR
Parth Prateem Sahu, J
Anil Kumar Sharma – Appellant
Versus
Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. nature of the challenge to the pension application rejection. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. parties' contentions regarding eligibility of retired employees for higher pension. (Para 3 , 4 , 5) |
| 3. historical development of the pension scheme amendment and relevant case laws. (Para 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11) |
| 4. court's legal interpretation of membership validity for retired persons. (Para 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22) |
| 5. final ruling dismissing the writ petition. (Para 23) |
Order On Board
1. Challenge in this petition is to the decision of respondent No.2 intimated to petitioner vide letter dated 09.02.2026 rejecting the application submitted by petitioner on 21.01.2025 for grant of higher pension.
2. Facts relevant for disposal of this writ petition are that petitioner stood retired from the post of Chief Engineer from the Chhattisgarh Pollution Control Board, Raipur C.G. in the year 2013 after serving respondent No.1 for a period of 34 years. Petitioner was member of pension scheme known as the Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995 (In short ‘the Scheme, 1995’). The Scheme, 1995 came to be amended vide notification dated 22.08.2014 and made it effective from 01.09.
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