Service Benefits Accrued Cannot Be Denied After VRS, Ex-Employees Entitled to Arrears: Calcutta High Court
The present judgment was delivered by the Calcutta High Court in a batch of writ petitions filed by former employees of Burn Standard Company Limited. The dispute concerned denial of retrospective pay revision benefits to employees who had opted for Voluntary Retirement Scheme in 2002. The Court examined whether employees who had already retired could still claim the benefit of a pay revision that was made effective from a period…