STATE OF M.P. vs DEVKINANDAN MAHESHWARI

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision that pension under the M.P. Swatantra Sangram Sainik Samman Nidhi Niyam, 1972 is payable from the date of application rather than the date of sanction. The Court distinguished the applicability of the Mukundlal Bhandari case, asserting that the M.P. Rules, 1972, particularly after the amendment adding Clause (6) in Rule 3, explicitly state that benefits are to be claimed from the date of the order. The Court found no justification to interfere with the High Court's findings regarding the respondents' entitlement to pension under the rules.