In Brief
This case concerns the validity of a cut-off date applied to an amendment to the Triple Benefit Scheme for employees of deficit grant colleges in Bihar. The appellants challenged the amended scheme as discriminatory under Article 14 of the Constitution because the benefits were not extended uniformly to all eligible colleges. The Supreme Court upheld the amendment, holding that the Government has discretion to consider financial implications when granting welfare benefits to non-constituent (affiliated) colleges. The partial retrospective application based on the Cabinet decision date was rational and not arbitrary. The Court dismissed the appeals, finding no capricious or outrageous result warranting judicial interference.
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