P&H: Rejects Retired Employee’s Pension Claim Over 13-Year Delay
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a retired Haryana Forest Department employee’s plea to count his daily-wage service towards pension, holding that he approached the Court after an inordinate and unexplained delay. Justice Nidhi Gupta ruled that the claim, first raised years after retirement, was highly belated.
Bhup Singh was appointed as a daily-wage tractor driver in 1987. After his services were terminated in 1989, a Labour Court award in 1992 directed his reinstatement with full back wages and continuity of service. He was later adjusted to a temporary post and his services were regularised from July 1998....
