S.K. Siddique vs Madhya Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation and Anr
- AIRAIR 1991 SC 310
Ratio decidendi
The rule this decision rests on
An employee who joined service directly with the State of Madhya Pradesh after the State took over the Company's transport services, at a time when the age of superannuation was fixed at 58 years, is not entitled to claim the benefit of the 60-year superannuation age that applied to employees who had originally joined the Company, and retirement at 58 years in accordance with the superannuation age applicable at the time of joining is lawful.
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Judgment
As delivered
1. The petitioner joined service in the Transport Department of the erstwhile State of Madhya Pradesh in September, 1960. Oh the formation of the Madhya Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation with effect from June 1, 1962 his services were transferred to the said corporation. He retired from service on completing the age of 58 years on June 30, 1987. In this writ petition the petitioner claims that the age of superannuation in the service of the corporation was 60 years and as such his retirement at 58 was illegal.
We have today pronounced judgment in Civil Appeal No. 1731 of 1986, S.P. Dubey v. Madhya Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation and Anr. We have held that all those employees of the corporation who had originally joined service with the Central Provinces Transport Services Limited (hereinafter called 'the Company') are entitled to remain in service till attaining the age of 60 years.
2. Prior to August 31, 1955, Transport service in the State of Madhya Pradesh was being run by the Company. The age of superannuation of the employees of the Company, except the Drivers, was 60 years. The company was purchased and taken over by the State of Madhya Pradesh on August 31, 1955. Thereafter the Madhya Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation was established by the State Government with effect from June 1, 1962 and the services of the employees including the petitioner were transferred to the said corporation. Some of the employees of the corporation were those who had originally joined service with the company. In S.P.Dubey's case (supra), we have held that all those employees who had joined service with the company are entitled to continue in service till they attain the age of 60 years. The petitioner does not belong to that category of employees, He joined service with the State of Madhya Pradesh in September, 1960, when the age of superannuation was 58 years and it continued to be the same till he retired. His case is, therefore, distinguishable from that of S.P. Dubey's case. The writ petition is, therefore, dismissed with no order as to costs.
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