#Empowered Committee

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has ordered the Empowered Committee to reassess rejected pension applications under the 23.04.2018 policy within four months, affirming that prior administrative inaction cannot override statutory entitlements. This ruling reinforces that individual cases must be reviewed afresh when precedent mandates policy-based reconsideration, directly impacting thousands of pending pension claims across central services.

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the Empowered Committee to reconsider a guest house’s application under the 2018 policy, holding that blanket rejections without reasoned evaluation violate natural justice. This ruling reinforces that administrative bodies cannot discharge statutory duties through mechanical denial - each application must be assessed individually against policy parameters.