In a recent legal development, the Allahabad High Court, presided over by Justice Kshitij Shailendra, delivered a scathing rebuke against the withholding of post-retirement benefits for public employees. The petitioner, Ram Kumar, a former Safai Karmchari (sanitation worker), had his services regularized in 2008 after being appointed in 1990. Despite this, his post-retirement benefits, including