2025 INSC 259 State Of Odisha vs Sudhansu Sekhar Jena - Odisha Civil Services (Pension) Rules - Work­-charged vs Job Contract Employee

Odisha Civil Services  (Pension) Rules, 1992- There is a clear   distinction between the employees who are in work­ charged establishment   vis-à-vis those who are in job contract establishment- Work­-charged employees who have worked in the establishment for a period of five years or more without interruption and are subsequently appointed to the same or another post in temporary or substantive capacity in a pensionable establishment, the period of service rendered by him/her in a work­-charged establishment shall qualify for pension - in case of a job contract employee, after he/she is brought in pensionable establishment, only that much period as job contract service shall be added to regular service as would make him qualify or eligible for pensionary benefits. (Para 15)

Delay and Laches - Courts do not come to rescue those who sleep over their rights. Be it the State. (Para 3)