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+{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(pension, DS Nakara, deferred salary)
+metatag-description=(Pension is deferred salary, not bounty.)
+metatag-title=(D.S. Nakara v. Union of India — 1983 — RTI case law)}}
+====== D.S. Nakara v. Union of India ======
+**D.S. Nakara v. Union of India** (Supreme Court of India, 1983-12-17) //(1983) 1 SCC 305// is a ruling on the Right to Information Act, 2005 — Section Pension. Pension is deferred salary, not bounty. Pension is a continuous right earned by past service, not a discretionary bounty of the State.
+===== Holding =====
+Pension is deferred salary, not bounty.
+===== Ratio =====
+Pension is a continuous right earned by past service, not a discretionary bounty of the State. Any classification distinguishing earlier and later retirees that disadvantages the former must be reasonable and bear a nexus to the object sought.
+===== Section(s) applied =====
+  * Section Pension
+===== Practitioner takeaway =====
+Pension as right; classification of pensioners must be reasonable.
+===== Citation =====
+  * **Citation:** (1983) 1 SCC 305
+  * **Court:** Supreme Court of India
+  * **Date:** 1983-12-17
+  * **Outcome:** allowed
+  * **Reporter / Cause-list:** (1983) 1 SCC 305
+===== Related =====
+  * [[:cases:search|RTI Case-Law Search — full corpus]]
+  * [[:pio-faa-knowledge-base|PIO/FAA Knowledge Base]]
+  * [[:pio-supreme-court-rulings|10 landmark Supreme Court RTI rulings]]
+  * [[:pio-high-court-rulings|High Court RTI rulings]]
+  * [[:landmark-cic-decisions|Landmark CIC decisions]]
+  * [[:act|RTI Act, 2005 — full text]]
+//Last reviewed: 23 April 2026.// {{tag>rti case-law cases sc 1983}}

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