TRANSMISSION CORPN., A.P. LTD. vs P. RAMACHANDRA RAO

The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Andhra Pradesh High Court affirming the Single Judge's ruling that the respondents, retired employees of the Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board, were discriminated against in pension calculations due to a cut-off date of 1.7.1990. The Court referenced Section 12(3) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and the precedent set in D.S. Nakara & Others v. Union of India, establishing that such arbitrary cut-off dates violate principles of equality. The appeal was dismissed, affirming the entitlement of the respondents to equal pension benefits as their counterparts who retired later.