In Brief
This Supreme Court case upheld a prior decision establishing that determining employee service conditions is not a statutory function of the U.P. Housing Board, but the Board possesses exclusive Regulation-making power to set conditions under Section 95(1)(f) of the 1965 Act. The State Government can override Board Regulations only through formal Rule-making under Section 94(2)(nn), not through general policy directions. The Court clarified that employees who accepted old pension scheme benefits before 7 September 2012 cannot claim the new pension scheme; those opting after that interim date may claim new scheme benefits. Employees appointed after 1 April 2005 fall under different pension rules. Arrears from 1 January 2006 to 14 January 2010 were denied due to financial constraints, but notional pay fixation from 1 January 2006 applies to pension calculations.
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