Sanjita Roy vs The State Of Assam And 4Ors on 4 December, 2018
9. An order of the court is always retrospective in nature, unless it is specifically made
prospective in the order itself. This is because the courts do not legislate, they only interpret an
existing law. This is unlike the laws made by the State Legislature and the Parliament, which
are always prospective in nature, unless again, the law itself makes it retrospective. The
original judgement (dated 04.12.2018), passed in WP(C) 1089/2015 (Sanjita Roy vs. State of
Assam and Others), does not give benefit to the petitioners from a prospective date. Therefore,
in our considered opinion, the order dated 04.12.2018 was retrospective in nature and it would
include all similarly situated muster roll workers irrespective of their dates of retirement,
provided they are covered by the benefits given to them earlier, and were already availing
pension.