STATE OF HARYANA . vs RAJBIR . — C.A. No. 5460 - 5479/2009

Summary of C.A. No. 005460-005479/2009 The Supreme Court held that work-charge service cannot be treated as regular service for purposes of the Haryana Civil Services (Assured Career Progression) Rules, 1998. The Court set aside High Court orders that had directed the State to count work-charge service toward ACP scale eligibility, emphasizing that "regular service" requires recruitment through prescribed procedures with proper selection, distinguishing it fundamentally from work-charge employment which is temporary and project-based. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.