respondent shall be continued in service, as long as her services are required. In our considered opinion, the above direction cannot be legally sustained. A part-time sweeper comes under the category of part-time contingent servants and such persons cannot continue in service after they attain the age of 70 years. As such the respondent could not have been continued in service after she crossed 70 years. However, going by the pleadings on record, it would appear that the respondent was allowed to continue in service beyond the age of 7o years. So also, admittedly, the sweeping area of the office where the respondent was engaged, increased to 164.87 M2 with effect from 17.4.2007. In the light of the above facts, we do not find any reason to interfere with the directions issued by the Tribunal that the respondent shall be sanctioned the scale of pay attached to the post of Part Time Sweeper with effect from 21.11.2010. This we say so because, even otherwise, the respondent was sweeping an area above 100 M2 with effect from 17.4.2007. However, the payment in terms of such fixation, as directed by the Tribunal, shall be made till such period the respondent was actually engaged to do the work. We also make it clear that the petitioners shall not recover any amounts that might already have been paid to the respondent while she was in service. We confirm the order of the Tribunal in all respects, except to the extent that it
