Stale Claim By Employee Doesn't Become 'Live Claim' Merely By Filing Belated Representation: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court observed that a stale claim of an employee does not become a live claim merely by filing representations before the employer belatedly. In this case (Union of India vs. C. Girija), the claim of the railway employee for inclusion of her name in the select panel, which was issued on 09.01.2001, was first raked up by her, by filing representation on 25.09.2007. As...