The Supreme Court upheld the invalidation of a Mumbai civic employee’s ‘Tokre Koli’ Scheduled Tribe claim but protected his service benefits. Using Article 142, the court ordered that his more than three decades of service be considered for retiral and pensionary benefits
The writ petition was filed by Putta Murali Mohana Reddy, a retired judicial officer, seeking release of pensionary and retiral benefits for the period served as an ad-hoc district judge
