Kashmiri Lal Sharma v. Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd. & Anr.
Whether the benefit of extension of retirement age for the physically disabled category could be confined to persons with visual impairment as…
Partly allowed- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Decided
- 2 Apr 2025
- Citation
- [2025] 5 S.C.R. 446
- Case no.
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4761/2025
- Bench
- Manoj Misra, K.v. Viswanathan
Issue for consideration
Whether the benefit of extension of retirement age for the physically disabled category could be confined to persons with visual impairment as provided in the OM dated 29.03.2013 or it should be available to persons suffering from all such disabilities in the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016; whether such extension could be withdrawn as was done by the OM dated 04.11.2019. If yes, then what would be its effect on the
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