ByAsian Information Worldwide
Mar 24, 2025 05:06 PM IST
Bench of justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan says court docket will grant financial advantages to 1996 pension scheme beneficiaries if state fails to take action, subsequent listening to on April 1.
The Supreme Court docket on Monday took a dim view of the Punjab authorities’s inaction in having the ability to implement a 1996 pension profit scheme in Punjab.
The Supreme Court docket on Monday took a dim view of the Punjab authorities’s inaction in having the ability to implement a 1996 pension profit scheme in Punjab. (HT file photograph)
A bench of justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said that the court docket by itself will grant financial advantages to the beneficiaries if the state fails to implement the scheme.
The court docket famous that the Punjab authorities, regardless of having assured on varied events, has did not act on this regard.
Justice Oka additionally expressed displeasure over the style wherein the state governments have handled the courts with regard to not having complied with its instructions.
“State must answer this. We can’t brush aside how courts are treated by the state governments. We will record that no officer of the state can be trusted. The state has taken the court for a ride,” justice Oka mentioned.
After listening to submissions, the court docket directed the counsel showing for Punjab to take directions from the state authorities and listed the matter to be heard subsequent on April 1.
The highest court docket had on March 5 issued a contempt discover to the Punjab chief secretary for failing to implement a pension profit scheme of 1996 and for violation of enterprise to implement the identical.
The court docket was listening to a plea over the non-implementation of the Punjab Privately Managed Affiliated and Punjab Authorities Aided Faculties Pensionary Advantages Scheme, 1996.
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