Shimla, Aug. 12 -- In a landmark ruling, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that a government employee who suffers a benchmark disability during service is entitled to the same extended retirement age benefits as those appointed under the handicapped quota.
Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua, while allowing the petition of Dr. Daljit Singh on July 30 ruled that "merely because a person suffers disability in service, it offers no valid grounds to discriminate against him vis-a-vis a person who was physically disabled at the time of appointment for the purpose of fixing retirement age."
The Petitioner Dr. Singh joined as an Ayurvedic Medical Officer in 1982 and was later promoted to District Ayurvedic Officer. In 2001, he acquired 51 percent p...