AGNELO GAMA v. STATE OF GOA THR CHIEF SECRETARY AND 2 ORS
Court: Bombay High Court
Bench: HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE M. S. KARNIK,HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE VALMIKI MENEZES
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Case summary
Bombay High Court judgment dated 2024-10-14. AGNELO GAMA v. STATE OF GOA THR CHIEF SECRETARY AND 2 ORS. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
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2024:BHC-GOA:1772-DB Maria S. IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA WRITPETITIONNO. 213OF2024 AgneloGama,IndianNational, Aged81years,residingatWest- Wind Apartments, F-2, First Floor, Behind Don Bosco Engineering College, Fatorda, ... Petitioner Margao-Goa. Versus 1. StateofGoa,ThroughChief Secretary,Secretariat,Porvorim- Goa. 2. Mormugoa Municipal Council, Through its Chairperson/Chief Officer, VascoDaGama-Goa,403802. 3. Directorate of Urban Development (Municipal Administration), Through its st Director, 1 Floor, Dempo Towers, EDC, Patto Plaza, ... Respondents Panaji,Goa. Mr Prabhav Pravin Sirvoicar,Advocate along with Mr S. Prabhudessai,AdvocateforthePetitioner. Mr NeehalVernekar,AdditionalGovernmentAdvocatefor RespondentsNo. 1and3. MrRaviAnandChandraChaudhary,Advocate(throughVC), forRespondentNo. 2. CORAM: M. S. KARNIK & VALMIKI MENEZES ,JJ. th DATE: 14 October, 2024 Page1 of5 th 14 October 2024 ORALJUDGMENT:(PerM. S.
Karnik,J) HeardMrPrabhavSirvoicar,learnedCounselforthepetitionr,Mr Neehal Vernekar, learned Additional Government Advocat or RespondentsNo. 1and3andMrRaviAnandChaudhary,learnedCounsl forRespondentNo. 2. 2. Thepetitionerpraysforadirectionfordisbursalofthepensionry benefitsduetothepetitionerwitheffectfrom hisdateofsuperannution from servicei. e. 31. 10. 2001alongwithinterest@ 12% perannum anda furtherdirectionthatthepetitionerbepaidhismonthlypensionamount regularlyandwithoutanydefault. 3. Learned Counselforthepetitionerinvited ourattention tot communication dated 16. 06. 2006 of the Directorate of Muniipl Administration, Department of Urban Development, Colletort Building,Panaji,totheeffectinformingtheChiefOfficerofMormu o MunicipalCouncil,Vasco-da-Gamathatifthecontractappointmentrom 10. 06. 1997to30. 08. 2000isregularisedbyMunicipalCouncilasresolv initsmeetingheldon22. 12. 1999,thepetitionerwillgetthenorml15 yearsofservice foreligibility ofpensionary benefits.
Itisfurt r mentionedthatasthepetitionerisaretiredMunicipalemployee,nessry actiontograntbenefitsistobetakenbytheCouncil. Thecommunition furtherstatesthatthecaseofShriGamabethoroughlyexaminedintrms ofRule27and28ofCCS(Pension)Rule1972andtoinform theoi fortakingfurtheractioninthematter. Page2 of5 th 14 October 2024 4. TheaforesaidcommunicationreferredtotheextractofMinutso SpecialCouncilMeetingheldon19. 08. 2005at10:30am. Therelvnt portionpertainingtothepetitionerascontainedintheresolutionne sto beextractedandreadsthus:- `TodiscussanddecidethepensionmatterofShriAgneloGamaLDC ex-employeeandtocondonethebreakinservice. Res. No. 115/05 TheabovematteralongwiththefilewasplacedbeforetheCouncil. TheChiefOfficerinformedtheCouncilthattheDMAhasrequested togettheapprovaloftheCounciltobecondonationofbreakin serviceofShri. AgneloGama,LDC. TheCouncilhavingdiscussed thesameapprovedtocondonethebreakinserviceofShr.
Agnelo GanaLDCretiredemployeeoftheMormugaoMunicipalCouncilas below: Y M D rd nd Breakinservice-(1)23 May1973to2 January1978 4 7 9 th th (2)6 April1982to8 June1996 14 2 2 th th Contractperiod(3)9 June1996to30 August2000 4 2 21 Thereforethetotalbreakinservice–18years9monthsand11days andcontractperiod4years2monthsand21days. TheCouncilthereafterrecommendstotheGovernmenttocondone thebreakinservicetotheextentshownasabove. ' 5. Learned Counselforthepetitionersubmitted thatdespitet resolutionoftheMormugaoMunicipalCounclcondoningthebr kin servicetherebyentitlingthepetitionerthepensionarybenefits,thepnsion isnotactuallypaid. Page3 of5 th 14 October 2024 6. Learned CounselShriChaudharyappearing fortheMormu o MunicipalCouncilsubmittedthattheyhavereceivedacommunition dated12. 12. 2006from theDirectorofMunicipalAdministrationt t thereisnogroundorruleunderwhichthecasecanbecondoned. T communicationisplacedonrecordasExhibit'X'foridentification. 7. ThepetitionerwasanemployeeoftheMunicipalCouncil.
T pensionistobepaidbytheMunicipalCouncil. Itisfurthersubmitt thatbecauseofthecommunicationfrom theDirectorateofMuniipl Administration,thepensionisbeingwithheld. 8. Thisstand oftheDirectorateofMunicipalAdministration runs countertothecommunicationdated16. 06. 2006whereintheAdditionl DirectorofMunicipalAdministration hasclearly stated thatast petitionerisaretired Municipalemployee,necessaryaction to rnt pensionistobetakenbytheCouncil. TheCouncilwastherebyaskdto examinethecaseofthepetitionerintermsofSection27and28o t CCS(Pension)Rules,1972. From thestandoftheMunicipalCounilitis seenthatasthepetitioner'scasefallswithinthescopeofSection27an 28 oftheCCS(Pension)Rules,1972,theMunicipalCounciltookad ision entitlingthepetitionertonormal15yearsofserviceforeligibilityo pensionarybenefits. 9.
Learned AdditionalGovernmentAdvocate,ShriVernekarw n confrontedwiththissubmitsthathehasinstructionstostatethtt decision to grantpensionary benefitsispurely in therealm oft Page4 of5 th 14 October 2024 MunicipalCouncilandtheStateGovernmentonlywantedtobeinform aboutthedecisiontakenbytheMunicipalCouncil. LearnedAdditionl GovernmentAdvocatesubmittedthatiftheMunicipalCounciliswillin topaythepensionarybenefits,theStateGovernmentcannothaveany objectiontosuchacourseofaction. Inthisviewofthematter,consirin the stand of the Municipal Council regularising the contrtul appointmentofthepetitionerfrom 10. 06. 1997to30. 08. 2000,and vin examinedthecaseofthepetitionerintermsofSections27and28o t CCS(Pension)Rules,1972holdingthatthe petitioneriseligibletogt normal15yearsofserviceforeligibilityofpensionarybenefits,theptition needstobeallowed. 10. Thepetitionerisheld entitled to pension w. e. f. 31. 08. 2001 s resolvedbytheMunicipalCouncil.
Thearrearstobepaidwithinaprio of3monthsfrom todaywithinterestattherateof6% perannum. T petitionerbepaidmonthlypensionregularly. 11. Thepetitionstandsdisposedofintheaboveterms. Nocosts. VALMIKI MENEZES, J. M. S. KARNIK, J. Signed by: MARIA SUZANA REBELLO Designation: Personal Assistant Page5 of5 Date: 16/10/2024 17:59:33 th 14 October 2024
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