IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH

AT GWALIOR

BEFORE

HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE ASHISH SHROTI

th

ON THE 12 OF JANUARY, 2026

WRIT PETITION No. 20210 of 2023

RADHESHAYAM SHARMA

Versus

THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS

Appearance:

Shri Alok Bandhu Shrivastava - Advocate for the petitioner.

Shri Sohit Mishra - Advocate for the respondents/State.

ORDER

Petitioner is aggrieved by the order dated 27/3/2023, whereby, his claim for

counting his past services rendered as daily wager for purposes of pension has been rejected by the respondents. The petitioner has also prayed for a direction to

the respondents to count his past service as daily wager for purposes of pension.

2. The facts necessary for decision of this case are that the petitioner was

initially engaged on daily wages in Public Works Department at Morena, thereafter, he was regularized on the post of Sthal Sahayak w.e.f. 11/10/1996 which fact is gathered from the copy of service book filed as Annexure P/4. The petitioner thereafter retired from service on attaining the age of superannuation

w.e.f. 30/8/2022.

3. Upon his retirement, the Pension Payment Order (PPO) was issued by

the respondents counting his services for 25 years 10 months 21 days w.e.