P&H: Actual ad hoc engagement rendered on two occasions, Refuses to Count Non Working Period as Pensionable Service, Upholds Benefit of Actual Ad Hoc Duty
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a regular second appeal filed by a former Punjab Roadways conductor who sought pensionary benefits by counting the entire period from 1 January 1983 to 9 February 1989 as qualifying service.
Amarjit Singh had argued that he was selected through a committee, sent for training, medically examined and later appointed as a conductor. He claimed that his earlier ad hoc and temporary service should be added to his pensionable service, relying on earlier decisions that recognised such service for pension purposes.
The State opposed the plea, saying that the appellant had actually...