In Brief
The Supreme Court held that appellants working on a work-charged basis are entitled to have that service period counted towards their qualifying service for pension purposes. The Court found that Rule 370 of Uttarakhand's Civil Service Regulations (excluding work-charged service) was pari materia with Punjab Civil Services Rule 3.17(ii), which the Court had previously struck down. Following its precedent that such rules impermissibly discriminate between types of service, the Court set aside the High Court's judgment and allowed the appeals, directing the State to grant all consequential pension benefits immediately.
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