Shiv Ram vs Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Lit.

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2023 Supreme(HP) 568

RANJAN SHARMA
Shiv Ram – Appellant
Versus
Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Lit. – Respondent

Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant :Mr. A.K. Gupta and Mr. Bonit Thakur, Advocates.
For the Respondents:Mr. Leela Nand Sharma, Advocate.

JUDGMENT :

Ranjan Sharma, J.

Notice. Mr. Leela Nand Sharma, Advocate appears and waives service of notice on behalf of the respondents.

2. With the consent of the parties, the instant writ petition, is taken up for disposal, at this stage, in view of the order(s) intended to be passed herein.

3. The petitioner has filed the instant writ petition with the following prayer(s):-

“(i) That the respondents may be ordered to grant pension to the petitioner w.e.f. 1.1.2018 in terms of the law laid down in Sunder Singh Vrs. State of H.P. and others.”

4. Case of the petitioner as submitted by learned counsel is that the petitioner was engaged as Daily Waged Beldar/T-Mate in Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board w.e.f. 1.1.1982 and his services were regularized on 12.06.1998. The petitioner retired from service on 28.02.2006.

5. A perusal of the facts as narrated in Para 2 of the writ petition reveals that the petitioner has rendered about 16 years of Daily Waged Service and eight years of regular service as aforesaid.

6. In these circumstances, the petitioner is seeking the benefit of pension on the basis of the judgment passed by the Hon’ble Apex Court in Civil Appeal No.6309 of 2017, titled as

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