STATE OF PUNJAB vs GURDEEP KUMAR UPPAL — C.A. No. 6521/1998

Case Summary: C.A. No. 6521/1998 State of Punjab v. Gurdeep Kumar Uppal The Supreme Court allowed the State of Punjab's appeals on February 20, 2001, holding that ad-hoc service rendered by respondent doctors cannot be counted toward the 8/18 years of service required for higher pay scales under the proficiency step-up scheme. The Court set aside the High Court's judgment, establishing that only regular service counts for seniority determination. However, the State cannot recover amounts already drawn by employees under the invalidated scheme, though future cadre seniority will be fixed accordingly. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.