In Brief
K. Sreedhar Rao, a retired High Court Judge, sought pension entitlements as a Chief Justice, citing his service as an Acting Chief Justice for 14 months. The Supreme Court held that pension entitlements are determined by the rank at which a judge retires, not by temporary acting positions. Since Rao retired in his substantive rank as a puisne Judge, he was not entitled to pension benefits as a Chief Justice under the High Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act, 1954. The petition was dismissed.
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