HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAVI NATH TILHARI HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE CHALLA GUNARANJAN WRIT PETITION NOs.5527, 5526 & 28569 of 2023 COMMON ORDER: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari)

Heard Ms.Divya Datla, learned counsel for the petitioners –

Union of India and its authorities and Sri B.Rajesh Kumar, learned counsel for respondents.

2. Respondents filed OA/020/1010/2015, OA/020/1009/2015 & OA/020/1008/2015 for direction to the present petitioners to count his Casual Labour service for the purpose of grant of pensionary benefits. The applicants were appointed in Railways as Casual Labour initially and their service was regularised later. They were retired from service. The present petitioners only considered the regular service and not the Casual Labour service for the purpose of pensionary benefits. The Tribunal allowed the OAs with direction to the petitioners to grant pensionary benefits by taking into account 50% of Casual Labour service of the applicants. The said order was passed after considering the judgment of Hon’ble Apex Court in Union of India & Ors. v.

Rakesh Kumar

1.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the matter is

covered by the judgment of Rakesh Kumar (s