STATE OF HARYANA & ORS. ETC. ETC. vs SITA RAM & ORS. ETC. ETC. — C.A. No. 5411 - 5430/2009

Case Summary: State of Haryana v. Sita Ram (C.A. Nos. 5411-5430/2009) Outcome: The Supreme Court allowed the State of Haryana's appeals and set aside the High Court's orders granting work-charge employees benefits under the 1998 Assured Career Progression Rules. The Court held that work-charge service cannot be treated as regular service for ACP eligibility. Key Ruling: The Court clarified that "regular satisfactory service" under Rule 5 of the 1998 Rules means continuous service following prescribed recruitment procedures, distinctly excluding work-charge employment, which lacks formal selection processes and differs fundamentally in conditions. Result: Work-charge employees' writ petitions were dismissed; they remain ineligible for ACP scales unless rules explicitly provide for counting such service. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.