THE UNION OF INDIA AND 2 ORS. vs SRI JAGANNATH DATTA, Advocate - MR. A R TALUKDAR — WA/353/2025

The Gauhati High Court dismissed the Union of India's appeals and upheld lower court orders directing payment of ₹48,000 and ₹80,000 monthly remuneration to two retired defence employees working as consultants at the Armed Forces Tribunal. The court held that the employer cannot unilaterally alter contractual terms by reducing salaries through an Office Memorandum dated 09.12.2020 that deducted basic pensions from fixed remuneration, particularly when no such deduction was specified in original contracts and no evidence showed uniform application across other tribunals; arrears with 12% interest must be paid. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.