Moreover, if the state decided to give pension to MHADA employees, then it may have to give such benefit to the employees of other state government organisations or state corporations.
In that case, the financial burden on the state exchequer would rise, the Advocate General said.
A similar petition had been filed before the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court wherein the state had informed that the Chief Minister had rejected such a proposal (of MHADA deciding not to grant pension to workers).
Thereafter, the HC asked the state cabinet to decide the issue which too turned down the proposal.
The bench of Justice Kanade today observed 'merely adopting a rule is not sufficient to grant pension. The state has to approve this.'
The bench also said the state had not come out with a separate rule of granting pension to employees. 'Show us the legal provision which allows payment of pension to MHADA workers,' the judges said.
