Narain Singh and Ors. v. State of Hp and Anr.
Service Law – Regularization – Counting of past service
Case brief
What is this about?
PTA Grant-in-Aid teachers; counting of service from initial appointment; regularization w.e.f. 01.04.2018; seniority; increments; pay-scale/pay-grades; pensionary benefits; qualifying service; Order II Rule 2 CPC bar (omission to sue); Direct Recruit Class II Engineering Officers' Association (1990) 2 SCC 715 paras 47(A)/(B); Joga Singh CWP 8953 of 2013 distinguished; Taj Mohammad CWP 2004 of 2017 distinguished; G.P. Doval (1984) 4 SCC 329 distinguished; L. Chandrakishore Singh (1999) 8 SCC 287 distinguished; Rudra Kumar Sain (2000) 8 SCC 25 distinguished; Baldev Singh Latest HLJ 2009 (HP) 293 distinguished; Lalit Sen CWP 10783 of 2024 held not laying down correct law and ignored; Baleshwar Dass (1980) 4 SCC 226 relied on (substantive capacity); Director General Doordarshan Prasar Bharti v. Magi H. Desai (2023) 18 SCC 705 relied on; CCS (Pension) Rules 1972 Rules 13 and 17; CCS (Pension) Rules 2021 Rule 13; Central Civil Services (Temporary Services) Rules 1965; Article 309 Constitution; R&P Rules; RTE Act; Himachal Pradesh Recruitment and Conditions of Service of Government Employees Act 2024 (Act No. 23 of 2025) quashed in Devinder Kumar CWP 3361 of 2025 applied mutatis mutandis; Chander Mohan Negi (2020) 5 SCC 732; Yashwant Singh CWP 342 of 2021; Himachal Pradesh High Court Division Bench (Vivek Singh Thakur and Ranjan Sharma, JJ.), decided 23.07.2026, 2026:HHC:30534.