Gauhati High Court Dismisses Pension Claim Of Assam Minorities Development Board Employees | Staff Paid Through Grants-In-Aid And Not State Salary Head Cannot Be Treated As Government Servants
Sanchayita Lahkar The High Court of Gauhati, Division Bench of Chief Justice Ashutosh Kumar and Justice Manish Choudhury has dismissed an appeal filed by several employees of the Assam Minorities Development Board. The appellants had sought recognition of their entitlement to pensionary benefits under the Assam Services (Pension) Rules, 1969. The Bench concluded that the employees, though serving in posts permanently retained by...