Facts
[A.], born in December 1950, requested a pre-calculation of his old-age pension from the Old-Age and Survivors' Insurance (AHV) in September 2018, indicating that he wanted to defer his pension by three years. However, the Compensation Fund of the Canton of Zurich informed him that he had already reached the regular retirement age in December 2015 and therefore had not made the request for pension deferral within the prescribed deadline. The application for pension deferral, including the deferral supplement, was therefore rejected.
[A.] filed a complaint against the objection decision and demanded the deferral of the old-age pension until the completion of his 70th year of age. However, the Social Insurance Court of the Canton of Zurich dismissed the legal remedy.
[A.] then filed a complaint in public law matters, requesting that he be granted the deferral of the regular AHV old-age pension until the completion of his 70th year of life and thereafter the old-age pension with the equivalent of the benefits not received ("deferral supplement").
Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court dismissed the complaint. It found that [A.] had not made the pension deferral within the deadline…