P&H: directs Haryana to count part-time service towards pension
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Haryana Government to count a retired employee’s continuous part-time service before regularisation when calculating her qualifying service for pension and other retirement benefits. Justice Harpreet Singh Brar allowed Rakma’s petition, subject to verification of the dates and details of her initial engagement and regularisation.
Rakma said she was appointed as a part-time Sweeper-cum-Chowkidar in 1990 and was regularised in 2006. She retired in March 2017 after nearly 27 years of service, but the authorities did not count her pre-regularisation service for pension under the Old Pension Scheme. She sought recognition of...
