Supreme Court Ends Pension Discrimination for Merged Employees: Pension Rights to MPSEB Absorbed Workers
The Supreme Court ruled that employees absorbed by MPSEB from cooperative societies are entitled to pension under MPSEB rules, but only from their absorption date (15.03.2002), not their prior society service. Invoking Article 142, it mandated uniform treatment for all absorbed employees, upholding functional integration principles from Panchraj Tiwari (2014) while interpreting "qualifying service" under MP Madhya Pradesh Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1976. The Court rejected retrospective pension claims for pre-absorption periods as society service wasn’t state-regulated.
Facts Of The Case:
The case concerns employees of electricity distribution cooperative societies in Madhya Pradesh that were merged with the Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board (MPSEB) in 2002 due to financial cri...