D.S. Nakara & Others vs Union Of India on 17 December, 1982
11. Much reliance is placed on the decision in D. S. Nakara v. Union of
India, [1983] 1 SCC 305. That was a case in which the Central Government
liberalised the formula for computation of pension but made it applicable
to Government servants who were in service on March 31, 1979 and retired
from service on or after the specified date. This Court struck down the
said classification and held that the liberalised formula was applicable to
all the pensioners whether they retired before or after the specified date.
That principle cannot apply in the present case where the pension benefits
have been fixed on the basis of the revised pay structure to those members
who are in service on 1.1.1986.