Dr.G.Thamaraiselvi vs The Secretary To Government
“...24. The Legislature is competent to
unilaterally alter the service conditions of the
employee and that can be done with retrospective
effect also, but the intention of the Legislature to
apply the amended provisions with retrospective
effect must be evident from the Amendment
Act itself expressly or by necessary implication. The
aforesaid power of the Legislature is qualified
further that such a unilateral alteration of service
conditions should be in conformity with legal and
constitutional provisions. (Vide: Roshan Lal Tandon
v. Union of India & Ors., AIR 1967 SC 1889; State
of Mysore v. Krishna Murthy & Ors., AIR 1973 SC
1146; Raj Kumar v. Union of India & Ors., AIR
1975 SC 1116; Ex-Capt.