Pension

--- Pension --- Nature of right --- Delayed claim --- Effect --- Pension is a vested constitutional right earned through long, continuous, and faithful service, and not a bounty or a matter of generosity by the employer --- A delay in applying for pensionary benefits (even a lapse of thirteen years) does not act as a disentitlement --- Neither the principle of laches nor the provisions of the Limitation Act, 1908, apply to pensionary claims, as the right devolves upon the servant automatically upon retirement or accepted resignation, and formal applications are merely procedural for streamlining records.