https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168592 A date-based exclusion that denied the restored higher age of superannuation to employees who had retired during the interregnum was held arbitrary and unconstitutional. The Court applied the settled test of intelligible differentia and rational nexus, and found no justification for excluding the very class affected by the remedial legislation. It further held that concerns about administrative chaos did not validate the discrimination, since relief could be moulded through reinstatement, compensation, or supernumerary posts. The offending exclusionary word in the Ordinance and Amending Act was severed, and the retired employees were entitled to the benefit of the restored age of superannuation, subject to the directions issued. en-us Mon, 19 Aug 1985 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 16 Mar 2015 10:16:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168592 A date-based exclusion that denied the restored higher age of superannuation to employees who had retired during the interregnum was held arbitrary and unconstitutional. The Court applied the settled test of intelligible differentia and rational nexus, and found no justification for excluding the very class affected by the remedial legislation. It further held that concerns about administrative chaos did not validate the discrimination, since relief could be moulded through reinstatement, compensation, or supernumerary posts. The offending exclusionary word in the Ordinance and Amending Act was severed, and the retired employees were entitled to the benefit of the restored age of superannuation, subject to the directions issued. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 19 Aug 1985 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168592