07/03/2025
The case involves Appellant, who was appointed as a L.D. Assistant and faced issues related to unauthorized absence and pension entitlement. The main issues include whether her absence should be treated as unauthorized and whether she is entitled to pension. The Tribunal and subsequent courts examined whether the absence could be regularized as extraordinary leave and if it affected her pension rights. The Tribunal initially directed a departmental inquiry to ascertain the facts, which was not conducted. Later, her absence was treated as extraordinary leave, and her service was regularized, but she was denied pension on the grounds that the leave did not qualify as service under the relevant rules. The Supreme Court eventually directed that her pension be finalized, acknowledging the regularization of her service and the peculiar facts of the case.
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