HON’BLE MRS. JUSTI CE SUREPALLI NANDA WRI T PETI TI ON No.18197 of 2023

ORDER:

Heard Sri Ch.Ganesh, learned counsel appearing on behalf of petitioner and learned Assistant Government Pleader for Services-I representing all the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents on record.

2. The petitioner approached the Court seeking the prayer as follows:

“…to issue an order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus to declare the in action of the respondents in not counting the past temporary service rendered by the Petitioner on adhoc basis to reckon same for computation of qualifying service as per G.O.Ms.No.156 Finance and planning (FW. PEN.1) Department, dated 29-04-1983, for the purpose to sanction of pension and Gratuity on eve of retirement of petitioner by not applying principles laid by Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Prem Singh Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh and others in Civil Appeal No.6798 of 2019 and batch dt.02.09.2019, (2019) 10 SCC 516), and in the case of Habib Khan Verses State of Uttarakhand and others in Civil Appeal No.10806 of 2017 and batch dt.23.08.2017, (2019) 10 SCC 542), followed by Division Bench of this Hon’ble Court in