Board Of Trustees, Visakhapatnam Port ... vs T.S.N. Raju & Another

The Supreme Court held that the Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) must consider the voluntary retirement applications of employees who applied before reaching the age of superannuation, as per the Voluntary Retirement Scheme introduced by the Ministry of Surface Transport. The Court upheld the High Court's decision that the employees are entitled to the benefits of the scheme despite the VPT's contention regarding the cutoff age of 58 years. The Court clarified that the employees would not be entitled to pension until the age of 60, but their applications for voluntary retirement must be processed accordingly.