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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
RANJAN SHARMA
Prithi Singh – Appellant
Versus
State Of Himachal Pradesh – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. long daily wage service claimed towards pension eligibility. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. regularization from 1994; 20 years service for premature pension. (Para 3 , 4) |
| 3. pension right governed by statutory rules requiring 20 years service. (Para 5 , 6) |
| 4. liberty to claim weightage or relaxation under pension rules. (Para 7) |
| 5. part disposal: grant workcharge status, reserve liberty for pension. (Para 8) |
JUDGMENT :
Ranjan Sharma, J.
Petitioner Prithi Singh, a retired Fitter, [Class-III] from Irrigation and Public Health [now Jal Shakti Vibhag], has come up before this Court, seeking the following reliefs:-
“i) That the office order dated 24.09.2012, Annexure A-3, issued by respondent No.4 may kindly be quashed and set aside.
ii) That the respondents may very kindly be directed to grant pension and other pensionary benefits etc. to the applicant from due date, i.e. 31.05.2012 along with interest @ 12% per annum.
(iii) That the directions may very kindly be issued to the respondents to give the work charged status/regularization to the applicant as Fitter immediate after the completion of 10 years continuous service, i.e., with effect from 1989 with all consequential benefits.”
FACTUAL
Pension on premature/voluntary retirement requires 20 years qualifying service per amended rules; shorter service ineligible unless government relaxes for undue hardship or grants weightage for prior....
The main legal point established in the judgment is the eligibility and entitlement to pension under the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972, based on the petitioner's service history, including regular and de....
Service rendered prior to regularization must be considered for pension eligibility, ensuring fairness in administrative decisions.
Daily wagers entitled to work charge status after 8 years continuous service with notional pay fixation, annual increments prospectively sans arrears; such service counts for pensionary benefits.
Service rendered as daily wage employees must be counted towards qualifying service for pension, ensuring equal treatment under the law.
Services rendered as a daily wager employee cannot be counted for pension/quantum of pension, but after regularization, the employee cannot be denied pension for not completing the qualifying service....
Failure to notify instructions to employees before implementation cannot be used to deny benefits, and ad-hoc service should be counted as qualifying service for computing pensionary benefits as per ....
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