Difference between "Voluntary retirement" and "Resignation"

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..... e there is a difference between "voluntary retirement" and "resignation" as they convey different connotations.- It has been held that voluntary retirement and resignation involve voluntary acts on the part of the employee to leave service and though both involve voluntary acts, they operate differently. One of the basic distinctions between the two is that in the case of res .....

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..... n the case of UCO Bank and Ors. v. Sanwar Mal decided on 11.3.2004 vide Civil Appeal No. 3192 of 1999 unreported, in which this Court has inter alia held that in the case of 'resignation', the relationship of employer and employee terminates on acceptance of resignation whereas in the case of 'retirement', voluntary or on superannuation, the relationship continues for the purposes .....

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