https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312054 Separate service rules and Army Instructions governing Military Nursing Service (Local) officers justified a retirement age of 55 years, because that cadre was structurally distinct from other nursing services and was therefore not similarly situated for purposes of retirement benefits. The Court rejected the discrimination challenge. It also held that pensionary benefits introduced prospectively could not be claimed by an employee who had retired before the effective date, since the employee remained governed by the rules in force at retirement. A rational cut-off date linked to policy and financial considerations was valid, so the retrospective pension claim failed. en-us Wed, 06 Aug 1997 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 30 Jan 2024 14:30:19 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312054 Separate service rules and Army Instructions governing Military Nursing Service (Local) officers justified a retirement age of 55 years, because that cadre was structurally distinct from other nursing services and was therefore not similarly situated for purposes of retirement benefits. The Court rejected the discrimination challenge. It also held that pensionary benefits introduced prospectively could not be claimed by an employee who had retired before the effective date, since the employee remained governed by the rules in force at retirement. A rational cut-off date linked to policy and financial considerations was valid, so the retrospective pension claim failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 06 Aug 1997 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312054