Lucknow HIGHCOURT orders revival of pension facilities to state government employees

Lucknow HC orders revival of pension facilities to state government employees

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court ordered the revival of pension facilities to the Development Authorities employees and said state government cannot ignore the pension of the employees as it was a right of a retired person.

The court said after serving the government department or Development Authorities till the age of 60 years, a person is entitled for pension benefit and how can the government stop it.

A division bench comprising Justices Devi Prasad Singh and Vedpal asked all the government departments, including the Nagar Palika, Municipal Corporation, Development Authorities and other departments to provide pensions benefit to all the retired employees within next three months.

The court, hearing a petition filed by Pensioners Association, Uttar Pradesh, also cancelled the government order to stop pension of the employees of the Development Authorities in 1999.

The judges asked how the government stopped the pension facilities to the employees of the Development Authority through an administrative order on April 5, 1999 when it had provided the facilities from 1983 to 1999. UNI