P&H: Directs Haryana to Count Pre-Regularisation Service for Pension
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Haryana Government to count the pre-regularisation service of 13 employees as qualifying service for pension and other retirement benefits. Justice Harpreet Singh Brar allowed their petition, holding that the State could not exclude their continuous service before regularisation.
The petitioners said they had first worked on temporary or part-time terms and were later regularised. They argued that their service before regularisation, followed by regular service, should count towards pension and sought the benefit of the Old Pension Scheme, along with revised retirement benefits.
The State did not dispute that the petitioners...
