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

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⚖️ Order Date: 07 Aug 2026
Headnotes

(i) Punjab Civil Services Rules, Volume II, R.3.17-A, R.4.23 — Pensionary benefits — Qualifying service — Employee was entitled only to benefit of 106 days of actual ad hoc engagement rendered on two occasions and not to periods during which he had no engagement with...

(ii) Punjab Civil Services Rules, Volume II, R.4.23 — Pensionary benefits — Interruption between two spells of service — Rule condones break between two spells of otherwise qualifying service so that earlier spell is not rendered valueless merely on account of gap, but it expressly...

(iii) Punjab Civil Services Rules, Volume II, R.3.17-A — Ad hoc or temporary service — Spells of ad hoc or temporary service actually rendered by an employee, whether against leave vacancy or against vacant post, are to be counted towards qualifying service — Principle could...


Facts of the Case

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...

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