Supreme Court of India

State of Haryana and Ors. v. Sita Ram and Ors.

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Reported as [2013] 11 S.C.R. 529
Bench G.S. Singhvi and C. Nagappan JJ.
Decided 29 October 2013

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the Division Benches of the High Court committed an error by E directing the appellants to treat work charge service of the respondents as part of regular service for the purpose of Rule 5(1) and (2) of the 1998 Rules.

Judgment, page 28

From the headnote

Service Law: Haryana Civil Services (Assured Career Progression) c Rules, 1998 - r.5(1) and (2) - Benefit under - Whether can be granted by treating the work charge service as regular service - Held: Cannot be granted, because as per rules, a service can be treated as regular service only if there is regular recruitment in accordance with the prescribed procedure or rules - This is in total contrast with work-charge service. The respondent-employees of the appellant-State approached the High Court seeking benefit under Haryana Civil Servlces (Assured Career Progression) Rules, 1998, by

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