State Cannot Deny Work-Charged Benefits to Eligible Worker on Ground of Cadre Abolition: Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that the abolition of the work-charged establishment in the year 2005 cannot take away a right that had already accrued in favour of an employee earlier. The Court made it clear that once eligibility for work-charged status is achieved by completing the prescribed years of service, subsequent policy changes cannot be used to deny that benefit. Background of the service dispute The case…