Resignation forfeits past service, no pension: SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (December 9) ruled that an employee who resigns from service is not entitled to pensionary benefits under the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, holding that resignation results in forfeiture of past service.

- FPJ News Service

"The only inescapable conclusion is that on resignation by the employee, his past service stood forfeited. Hence, he will not be entitled to any pension," a Bench of Justices Rajesh Bindal and Manmohan observed, while denying pension to the legal heirs of a deceased Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) employee who had resigned after nearly 30 years of service, Live Law reports.

The appeal was filed by the legal heirs of a former DTC conductor appointed in 1985, who resigned from service in 2014 after working for almost three decades. His resignation was accepted by the competent authority, and though he later sought to withdraw it, the request was rejected, making the resignation final.