Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 – rr.17, 2(g) – Counting of service on contract – Appellants initially appointed on contractual basis and subsequently regularised – Period of contractual service prior to regularisation, if to be counted for grant of pension:
Held: Yes – r.17 deals with counting of service on contract for the purpose of granting pension – Interpreting r.17 in Sheela Devi, this Court held that although r.2(g) excludes contractual employees from their application, r.17 applies once such contractual employee is regularised on a later date – Thus, upon regularisation, the Pension Rules become applicable and r.17 requires that past service as a contractual employee is to be taken into account for calculating pension – Therefore, the contractual service period rendered prior to the appellants’ regularisation in 2015 must be counted towards the payment of their pensionary benefits in accordance with r.17. [Paras 7-9]
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