#retired employee pension

Allahabad HC rules that recovery of excess salary paid over two decades without fraud or misrepresentation is inequitable and violates Article 21, treating pension as earned property. The judgment bars retrospective adjustments absent procedural fairness, impacting retired government employees.

The Calcutta High Court has ruled that retired managerial employees, even if absorbed from a predecessor bank with pension entitlements, cease to be 'workmen' under Section 2(s) of the Industrial Disputes Act upon retirement. This means they cannot invoke industrial dispute mechanisms for pension claims after service ends, reinforcing that statutory protections under the ID Act are tied to active employment status and not post-retirement benefits.