The High Court declared the fixation of the date aforementioned as illegal and arbitrary and directed the Government to fix the cut off date afresh, while indicating that the date on which the options were finally called for i.e. 20.6.1982 would be an appropriate date for determining the eligibility for pension.
1028 dated 23.9.1985 etc.,
REVIEW PETITION C NOS.648 649 OF 2004 IN CIVIL APPEAL NOs.
The entitlement to pensionary benefits arises if they had companypleted ten years of qualifying government service as on that day.
This Court held thus Hence, the fixation of cut off date as 1.4.1982 would, in our view, be appropriate.
The appellants are entitled to adjust the monetary benefits which the employees would number have received if they were to receive the pension.
This Court, instead of remitting the matter again to the Government for fixing the appropriate cut off date and to avoid further delay, directed that the cut off date shall be fixed as 1.4.1982 in modification of what was prescribed in G.O.No.
The validity of fixation of cut off date as 1.5.1975/ 15.9.1975 came up for companysideration before the High Court of Madras.
and G.O.No.
Now the Government of Tamil nadu has filed this review clarification petition.
This Court negatived the plea of the appellants that the process of absorption took place in the year 1975 itself.
On appeal to this Court, the Judgment of the High Court was substantially companyfirmed.
250 dated 18.01.1996.
