New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- A retired government employee cannot seek to the benefits of a pension scheme different from the one under which they were covered throughout their service and received retirement benefits, the Supreme Court said on Thursday.

The ruling came in a case involving a retired professor of the National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD) and his claim for coverage under the General Provident Fund-cum-Pension Scheme (GPF) instead of the Central Pension Fund Scheme (CPF), according to an Upstox report.

The dispute centred on the terms of his regularisation and whether he could seek GPF coverage after being treated as a CPF beneficiary throughout his service. The court ended up rejecting his plea, holding that his accepta...