HC directs for 20% hike in pension for prof from the day he turned 80

Bhopal/Jabalpur: The MP high court has held that a retired govt employee should get the benefit of a 20% increase in pension as he enters into the 80th year of his life and not on completion of 80 years of age.
In its decision on a petition filed by an 87-year-old retired professor of a govt engineering college, the single-judge bench of Justice Vishal Mishra said that his pension should have been increased by 20% as soon as he entered into his 80th year rather than on completion of 80 years of age.
Dr Laxmi Chandra Jain, a petitioner from Jabalpur, in his petition, said that he retired as a professor from a govt engineering college, Jabalpur on June 30, 1998. According to the notification of the state govt, there is a provision for an increase of 20% in pension to a retired employee between the age of 80 to 85 years. The state govt, however, increased his pension by 20% after he completed 80 years of age and got into his 81st year. He pleaded that he should have been given a 20% hike in pension as soon as he entered the 80th year of life.
Advocate Aditya Sanghi, appearing for the petitioner, argued that his client is in the last leg of his life. He should have got the benefit of increased pension when he completed 79 years of age and got into his 80th year. The notification provides for an increase in pension between the age of 80 to 85 years.
After hearing both sides, the court decided the case in favour of the retired professor. MSID:: 113638294 413 |