CCS Rules: Temporary Status Casual Labourer Entitled to Pension Even Without Formal Regularisation: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has delivered an important judgment protecting the rights of long-serving casual workers employed by the Central Government. The Court held that a temporary status casual labourer who has rendered continuous service for several years cannot be deprived of pensionary benefits merely because the government failed to formally regularise his or her services. The judgment was passed by a Bench comprising Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Augustine George…