Parmeshwar Nanda Etc. vs State Of Jharkhand Through Chief Secretary

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2020 Supreme(SC) 124

L.NAGESWARA RAO, HEMANT GUPTA
Parmeshwar Nanda Etc. – Appellant
Versus
State Of Jharkhand Through Chief Secretary – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the parties :Dhruv Mehta, Abhishek Puri, P.N. Puri, J.S. Marahatta, Ratan Kumar Choudhuri, Manoj Swarup, S.B. Upadhyay, Mr. Ajay Kumar, Advocate, Mr. Ranjith Kumar, Advocate, Mr. Kumar Shivam, Advocate, Mr. Ashish Chaubey, Advocate, Mr. Krishnanand Pandeya, Advocate, Mr. Jayesh Gaurav, Advocate, Mr. Anil Kumar Verma, Advocate, Mr. Saurabh Mishra, Advocate, Mr. Onkar Singh, Adv Mr. Arun Verma, Advocate, Mr. Rakesh Chandra, Advocate, Mr. Rahul Baid, Advocate, Mr. Ronak Baid, Advocate, Mr. Shivam Singh, Advocate, Mr. Manish Kumar, Advocate, Mr. Aditya Raina, Advocate, Mr. Udian Sharma, Advocate, Mr. Srikaanth S., Advocate, Mr. Jaideep Khnna, Advocate, Mr. Harpreet Singh Gupta, Advocate, Mr. Manjesh Kumar Jha, Advocate, Mr. Gopal Singh, Advocate, Ms. Anisha Upadhyay, Advocate, Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad, Advocate, Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, Advocate, Mr. Atulesh Kumar, Advocate, Mr. Devashish Bharuka, Advocate, Mrs. Anil Katiyar, Advocate

JUDGMENT :

HEMANT GUPTA, J.

Civil Appeal Nos. 505-531 of 2020 Civil Appeal Nos. 532-542 of 2020 Civil Appeal Nos. 543 of 2020 AND Civil Appeal Nos. 545-546 of 2020

1. The present appeals are directed against an order passed by the Full Bench of High Court of Jharkhand on 16th June, 2017 wherein it has been held that the services rendered by the appellants under the Adult Education and Non-Formal Education Project[for short, 'Project'] cannot be counted under a Government scheme for the purpose of pensionary benefits after the appellants were appointed by the State.

2. Briefly, the facts are that the appellants were appointed under the Project, co-sponsored by the Central Government and the State Government, in the erstwhile undivided State of Bihar between the period 1978 to 1990. Some of the appellants were appointed as Adult Education Supervisors whereas other appellants were appointed in the ministerial cadre such as Stenographer, Clerk cum Accountant, Clerk cum Typist, Peon as well as Drivers. The appellants were working under the Project during the bifurcation of the State and their services fell in the successor State of Jharkhand which was formed on 15th November, 2000. The Gove

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2020 Supreme(SC) 124

L.NAGESWARA RAO, HEMANT GUPTAParmeshwar Nanda Etc. – AppellantVersusState Of Jharkhand Through Chief Secretary – Respondent

Cases Referred (2)

L.NAGESWARA RAO, HEMANT GUPTA
Parmeshwar Nanda Etc. – Appellant
Versus
State Of Jharkhand Through Chief Secretary – Respondent