STATE OF KARNATAKA . vs SRI PUTTAPPA(DEAD) BY LRS. . — C.A. No. 2238/2006

Case Summary: C.A. No. 2238/2006 Outcome: The Supreme Court dismissed all appeals filed by the State of Karnataka on July 25, 2013, with no costs awarded. The Court upheld the applicability of Rule 247-A of the Karnataka Civil Services Rules, 1958, allowing daily wagers' prior service to count toward qualifying service for retiral benefits upon regularization. Key Finding: The Court rejected Karnataka's argument that respondents were employed on work-charged establishments (which would have excluded them from Rule 247-A benefits). Since the State's own petitions consistently claimed respondents were daily wagers—never alleging work-charged status—the Court found no basis to exclude Rule 247-A's protection. Procedural Orders: Delays in filing substitution applications in related Special Leave Petitions were condoned, and leave was granted in all connected petitions before dismissing them in terms of the signed order. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.