ORDER

1. Leave granted.

2. Punjab State Electricity Board (`Board' in short) is before us in this appeal, inter alia calling in question the correctness or otherwise of the judgment and order passed by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana in Writ Petition No. 7326 of 2005 dated 12.7.2007.

3 The facts in nutshell are, the respondent was appointed as security guard on ad hoc basis on 27.01.1976 and his services were regularized with effect from 9.8.1978. He retired from service on attaining the age of superannuation on 31.7.2000. On his retirement, the respondent has received all the pensionary benefits.

4. The Board has issued a circular dated 23.01.2001, giving certain benefit of "ad hoc service" to Board employees. In short, in the circular, it is stated, that, the period of ad hoc service would be counted towards retirement benefit on regularization, provided the employees fulfil certain conditions. A clarification is also issued by the Board, by Memo No. 41614/659 dated 14.2.2001, clarifying the circular dated 23.1.2001.

5. To take benefit of the circular issued by the Board, the respondent had made a request to the Board to count his ad hoc service in the Board before regularization