In Brief
Work charged employees of Uttar Pradesh challenged their exclusion from time scales and benefits granted to regular employees, and sought to count their service years for pension. The Supreme Court held that while work charged employees cannot claim parity with regular employees in pay scales, promotions, and increments, their services can be credited towards pension calculations. The Court distinguished between conferring actual employment benefits and recognizing service for pension purposes, affirming established principles that work charged staff lack statutory entitlement to regular employee benefits.
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