Anil Kumar Jaiswal v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Pension release for superannuated petitioners; Registrar, B. R. A. Bihar University directed to act expeditiously as done for other employees; Article 300A Constitution - pension is property; D. S. Nakara & Ors. Vs. Union of India (1983) 1 SCC 305 - pension not a bounty; Dr. Yogeshwar Yadav, Contempt Petition (C) No. 1188 of 2018 arising out of Civil Appeal No. 2703 of 2017 - contempt dropped on question of release of pension; Justice S. B. Sinha Commission; cf. order dated 24.03.2025 in C.W.J.C. No. 14035 of 2021; CWJC Nos. 215, 37, 691 and 1514 of 2021 disposed by common order; respondents include State of Bihar (Education Department), Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University and Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav College, Bettiah.
What did the court decide?
Writ petitions disposed of with observation and direction that action be taken by the Registrar, B. R. A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur, expeditiously and without delay, for grant of relief/payment of pension to the petitioners (all superannuated) as has been taken in case of other employees; interlocutory application(s), if any, also stand disposed of.