U O I vs D.P. PATIL

The Supreme Court dismissed the application to recall its earlier order which set aside the Tribunal's grant of pension benefits to the applicant. The Court found that the applicant had multiple opportunities to exercise his option for pension benefits between 1973 and 1978 but failed to do so. The Court relied on the precedent established in Krishna Kumar vs. Union of India [AIR 1990 SC 1782] and concluded that the applicant's claim of ignorance regarding the option extension was not credible, thus affirming the legality of its previous order.