STATE OF HARYANA . vs RATTAN LAL . — C.A. No. 5431 - 5441/2009

Case Summary: State of Haryana v. Rattan Lal (Civil Appeal Nos. 5431-5441/2009) The Supreme Court held that work-charge service cannot be counted as "regular satisfactory service" under Rule 5 of the Haryana Civil Services (Assured Career Progression) Rules, 1998, and therefore work-charge employees are ineligible for ACP scale benefits. The Court set aside High Court orders granting such relief, finding the Division Benches had erred by misinterpreting "regular service" to include work-charge appointments made without formal selection procedures. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.