P. B. Bajanthri, J.—On 19.10.2022, the following order was passed:—

Core issue involved in the present petition is whether deceased employee who was appointed as a casual labourer and thereafter stepped into the status of temporary employee w.e.f. 23.10.1992 and died while he was in service on 15.11.2007 and his legal heir- Meena Devi @ Meena Kunwar is entitled to benefit of pension/family pension or not? Rule 2 of Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 reads as under:—

“2. Application Save as otherwise provided in these rules, 2[these rules shall apply to Government servants appointed on or before the 31st day of December, 2003] including civilian Government servants in the Defence Services, appointed substantively to civil services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union which are borne on pensionable establishments, but shall not apply to$300 (a) railway servants; (b) persons in casual and daily-rated employmeni; (c) persons paid from contingencies; (d) persons entitled to the benefit of a Contributory Provident Fund; (e) members of the All India Services; persons locally recruited for service in diplomatic, consular or other Indian establishments in foreign co