P&H: Holds Pre-Regularisation Service Must Count for Pension, Grants Old Pension Scheme Benefit to 24 Employees
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that employees who were first engaged on part-time basis and later regularised cannot be denied pensionary benefits by ignoring their earlier service. The Court allowed a writ petition filed by 24 employees working or retired from Group-D posts in Haryana government schools.
The petitioners said they were appointed between 1997 and 2000 on part-time basis as water carriers, sweepers and similar posts. After prolonged litigation and under the State’s regularisation policy, their services were regularised between 2014 and 2018. Four of the petitioners had already retired, while the others were still in...
