The Supreme Court of India has ruled that an employer cannot withhold an employee’s pension, gratuity, and other retiral dues on the grounds that the employee has not vacated their government-allotted residence upon superannuation. A bench comprising Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra dismissed an appeal filed by the Panchayat & Rural Development Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh, upholding the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s decision which had directed the department to release the withheld dues and pay interest for the delay.

Case Background

The case concerns Santosh Kumar Shrivastava, who was recruited into the services of the State of Madhya Pradesh in 1980 and superannuated on June 30, 2013. Following his retirement, his pension and other retiral dues were n

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