STATE OF RAJASTHAN . vs DAGALA RAM — C.A. No. 3298/2014

Summary of CA No. 3298/2014 The Supreme Court dismissed the State of Rajasthan's appeal challenging the High Court's decision that employees were entitled to pension benefits from their first appointment dates, even without provident fund contributions. The Court held that Rule 10(2) of the Pension Rules, which denied pension to non-contributors, was unconstitutional; employees absorbed from the State Agriculture Department into the Marketing Board had their service benefits protected under bye-laws and could count prior service for pension computation. The appellants were directed to pay Rs. 5,000 costs to each respondent for unnecessary litigation. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.