Supreme Court · 2026 INSC 612 · Decided 1 June 2026
Bhikhani Devi and ETC. v. Union of India and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2026 INSC 612 · [2026] 7 S.C.R. 142
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8354/2026
- Decided
- 1 June 2026
- Bench
- SANJAY KAROL, AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 300A
Headnote
Whether temporary status casual labourer, in the absence of a formal order of regularisation, would be entitled to pensionary benefits on superannuation or not. CCS (Temporary Service) Rules, 1965 - r.10(1-B) - CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 labourer, if entitled to pensionary benefits in absence of regularization - Appellants are either former employees or legal representatives of employees who had rendered long, continuous, and uninterrupted service under the Department of Posts as casual labourers (Night Guards) spanning
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