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HC deplores Punjab's denial of old pension to staff who was regularised after NPS

HC deplores Punjab's denial of old pension to staff who was regularised after NPS: The state of Punjab's action of not granting pension benefits under the old pension scheme to an employee whose services were regularised after the start of the new contributory provident fund, despite the fact that he was already working on a temporary or ad hoc basis, has been described as "deplorable" by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The respondents' actions were appalling, according to Justice Harsimran Singh Sethi, because the law on granting benefits under the old      Read More