State Bank of India Employees’ Pension Fund Rules, 1955 – rr.22(i)(c), 22(i)(a), 20, 7 – Appellant primarily placed reliance upon r.22(i)(c) to claim entitlement to pensionary benefits, whereas the respondent(s) contended by placing reliance on r.22(i)(a), that the appellant does not fulfil the conditions prescribed therein and is, therefore, not entitled to pension – Whether the appellant is entitled for pensionary benefits under the Pension Fund Rules:
Held: No – Appellant is not eligible for pension under the Pension Fund Rules considering that he has not completed 20 years of service nor had attained the age of 50 years, hence, making him ineligible u/r.22(i)(a) – Appellant’s case cannot be said to fall u/r.22(i)(c) either since he was never granted VRS, instead his services were declared to have been voluntary abandoned – Appellant’s case does not fall in either of the aforesaid Rules – Appeal dismissed – Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. [Para 32]
As published in the Supreme Court Reports, Supreme Court of India. Headnotes prepared by: Divya Pandey. Text from the Indian Supreme Court Judgments open data set (Dattam Labs), CC BY 4.0.
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