P&H: Says Pre-Regularisation Service Must Count For Pension
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Haryana Government to count employees’ service rendered on a part-time, daily-wage or ad hoc basis before regularisation when calculating their qualifying service for pension and other retirement benefits.
The ruling came in two petitions filed by Bimla Devi and Devi Lal. They said they had initially worked as part-time Class IV employees and were later regularised. They sought recognition of their earlier service and access to benefits under the Old Pension Scheme. The State did not dispute that their past service could be counted under the applicable judgments, subject to verification...