THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR, E.S.I.C. . vs THE SECRETARY, E.S.I.C.EMPL. UNION — C.A. No. 5198/2007

Summary: Civil Appeal No. 5198 of 2007 On 19 February 2014, the Supreme Court allowed the appeal filed by the Regional Director, ESIC, challenging the Gauhati High Court's judgment that entitled locally appointed ESIC employees to Special Duty Allowance (SDA) payable to Central Government employees posted in North Eastern India. The Court set aside the High Court's order but directed that no recovery would be made from amounts already paid to local employees, and clarified that the allowance would henceforth be payable to local employees going forward. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.