The
Supreme Court has dismissed the SLP (Civil) 23055/2013 filed by Union of India
against Delhi High Court judgement in pre-2006 pensioners casein WP 1535/2012
upholding the CAT PB judgement and Delhi High Court judgement. The above SLP
came up for hearing on 29/7/2013 and the apex court dismissed the SLP on the
same day. Pensioners will now get arrears w.e.f. 1/1/2006 if their revised
pension was fixed at less than 50% percent of the minimum of the pay in the pay
band including grade pay thereon in the revised scale corresponding to the pre-revised pay scale from which the
pensioner has retired.
JUDGEMENT :
UPON hearing counsel
the Court made the following order :
“We are not inclined
to interfere with the order passed by the High Court. Consequently, the special
leave petitions are dismissed. However, the petitioners are at liberty to raise
all points before the Tribunal as and when the appeal”.
