Bhubaneswar, Nov. 4 -- Observing that post-retirement facilities are not favours or concessions but legitimate support to ensure dignity after years of public service, the Orissa High Court has held that retired Justice Chitta Ranjan Dash is entitled to post-retirement allowances from the Odisha Government despite having retired from the Calcutta High Court following his transfer there.
A Division Bench of Justices S K Panigrahi and Murahari Sri Raman set aside the State Government's order restricting his benefits to medical facilities, holding that transfer to another High Court cannot, by itself, extinguish entitlement to post-retirement benefits from the parent High Court.
Justice Dash was elevated to the Orissa High Court on October 7...