COMMANDER HEAD QUARTER CALCUTTA vs CAP. BIPLABENDRA CHADA — C.A. No. 14172/1996

Summary The Supreme Court allowed the appeal and dismissed the respondent's writ petition. Captain Biplabendra Chanda was denied pension upon retirement in 1982 under rules counting only 2/3rd of pre-commissioned service; when those rules were liberalized in 1986 to count full service, he claimed retrospective eligibility. The Court held that D.S. Nakara (which prohibits discrimination among similarly-situated pensioners) did not apply, as the new rules were not given retrospective effect and applying them retroactively would create absurd consequences affecting all earlier retirees. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.