'VRS: Disentitled staff can't claim pension'



An employee cannot claim pension if he opts for voluntary retirement scheme underwhich he is disentitled for the same, the Central Administrative Tribunal has held.

The tribunal passed the order while hearing a bunch of petitions from the employees of Delhi Transport Corporation, seeking pension from the corporation which was denied to them after they had opted for VRS between 1993 and 1995.

DTC had introduced a pension scheme for its employees in 1992, which could not be operationalised till 1995.

Meanwhile, in 1993, a VRS scheme was introduced by the corporation asking desirous employees to apply within 15 days.

The scheme was again offered to employees in 1994 and 1995 respectively.

While the 1993 VRS categorically said that the benefit of pension would be available to employees opting for it, the subsequent schemes contained clauses clearly denying the benefit of pension to workers opting retirement.

The CAT ordered the corporation to release the pension of three employees -- Jag Shoran, Zile Singh and Madhu Bhushan Anand, who had opted for VRS in 1993, when the benefit of pension was then available to the employees.

Source:PTI

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