RAJASTHAN RAJYA VIDYUT PARASAR.NIGAM LTD vs BEERBAL DAS SWAMI — C.A. No. 3835/2003

Case Summary: RAJASTHAN RAJYA VIDYUT PARASAR NIGAM LTD v. BEERBAL DAS SWAMI Outcome: The Supreme Court set aside the High Court's orders and allowed both appeals. The respondents' writ petitions were dismissed, with each party bearing their own costs. Key Issue: Whether work-charge service periods (1960-1963 and 1957-1963) should be counted for pension calculations after the employees were later confirmed and retired. Decision Basis: The Court upheld the Employees Pension Regulations, 1988, Clause 3(i), which explicitly excludes work-charge employees from the definition of "employee" for pensionary benefits. The Court rejected a 1997 circular granting such benefits as it lacked statutory basis and had no retrospective application after the respondents' retirements in 1994. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.