New Delhi, May 2 -- The Delhi High Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking revision of pension based on a higher pay scale linked to the rank of Inspector, reaffirming that pension must be determined based on the actual pay scale held at the time of retirement and not merely on designation.

The case arose from a challenge to an order passed in 2018 by the Central Civil Pension Revisional Authority, which had rejected the claim for re-fixation of pension in a higher pay band. The petitioner, a retired personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), had superannuated in July 1997 after completing over three decades of service. At the time of retirement, he held the designation of Inspector/Radio Operator and was drawing pay in a ...