Shamsunder S/O Sitaramji ... vs New India Assurance Company Ltd. ...

Citation : 2016 Latest Caselaw 6109 Bom
Judgement Date : 17 October, 2016

Bombay High Court
Shamsunder S/O Sitaramji ... vs New India Assurance Company Ltd. ... on 17 October, 2016
Bench: V.A. Naik
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                  IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY




                                                                                              
                            NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR.




                                                                    
                          WRIT PETITION NO.  2389   OF    2009


     PETITIONER :-                        Naresh S/o Labhchand Taori, aged about 59
                                          years,   Occu.-Retired,   R/o.   Siddheshwar




                                                                   
                                          Prasad Colony, Near Motinagar, Nagpur.   

                                             ...VERSUS... 

     RESPONDENTS :-                  1) New   India   Assurance   Company   Ltd.,




                                                   
                                        Through   its   Chairman   and   Managing
                               ig       Director, 87, MG Road, Fort, Mumbai.  
                                     2)  New India Assurance Company Ltd., through
                                         its   Chief   Regional   Manager,   Dr.   Ambedkar
                                         Bhawan, 4th Floor, High Land Rise, Seminary
                             
                                         Hills, Nagpur. 
                                     3) The   Government   of   India,   Ministry   of
                                        Finance (Department of Financial Services),
                                        Insurance Division, New Delhi. 
      


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                        Mr.B. G. Kulkarni, counsel for the petitioner.
   



                Mr.A.J.Pophaly, counsel for the respondent Nos.1 and 2.
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                          WRIT PETITION NO.  2604   OF    2009





     PETITIONER :-                        Shamsunder   S/o   Sitaramji   Khadloya,   aged
                                          about 53 years, Occu.-Retired, R/o. AT Post
                                          Bajoria Nagar, Yeotmal. 





                                             ...VERSUS... 

     RESPONDENTS :-                  1) New   India   Assurance   Company   Ltd.,
                                        Through   its   Chairman   and   Managing
                                        Director, 87, MG Road, Fort, Mumbai.  
                                     2)  New India Assurance Company Ltd., through
                                         its   Chief   Regional   Manager,   Dr.   Ambedkar
                                         Bhawan, 4th Floor, High Land Rise, Seminary
                                         Hills, Nagpur. 




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                                     3) The   Government   of   India,   Ministry   of




                                                                                              
                                        Finance (Department of Financial Services),
                                        Insurance Division, New Delhi. 




                                                                    
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                        Mr.B. G. Kulkarni, counsel for the petitioner.
                Mr.A.J.Pophaly, counsel for the respondent Nos.1 and 2.
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                                            CORAM : SMT. VASANTI     A    NAIK &
                                                        KUM. INDIRA JAIN,   JJ.

DATED : 17.10.2016 O R A L J U D G M E N T (Per Smt.Vasanti A. Naik, J.) By these writ petitions, the petitioners seek a direction against the respondent No.1 to grant the benefits of the pay revision to the petitioners.

The petitioners were working as Development Officers and they had opted for voluntary retirement under the special voluntary retirement scheme.

The petitioners were permitted to so retire under the scheme and after the petitioners retired, there was a pay revision that was made applicable for some period before the retirement of the petitioners. Since the pay revision was made for some period during which the petitioners had worked, after they retired, the petitioners sought for the benefits of the pay revision. The respondents, however, declined to pay the same.

Shri Kulkarni, the learned counsel for the petitioners, states that an issue like the one involved in these petitions came up for consideration before the various High Courts and the orders of the High Courts were carried ::: Uploaded on - 18/10/2016 ::: Downloaded on - 20/10/2016 00:42:38 ::: 1710WP2389&2604.09-Judgment 3/3 to the Hon'ble Supreme Court and the Hon'ble Supreme Court has rejected the claim of the similarly situated employees. It is stated that the Hon'ble Supreme Court has held that the employees that had retired under the special voluntary retirement scheme had received certain other benefits from the respondents and, therefore, they could not have additionally claimed the benefits of the pay revision. It is fairly stated that the issue involved in these writ petitions stands answered against the petitioners in view of the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court dated 07/01/2015 in Transfer Case (Civil) No.48 of 2010 and others.

In view of the statements made on behalf of the petitioners and for the reasons recorded in the judgment dated 07/01/2015 in Transfer Case (Civil) No.48 of 2016 and others, the writ petitions are dismissed with no order as to costs. Rule stands discharged.

                                JUDGE                                       JUDGE





     KHUNTE





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