PUNJAB STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD Vs. JAGIWAN RAM

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) With a view to give relief to the employees who were stagnating in particular positions for a long period of time, the Punjab State Electricity Board (for short, "the Board") introduced a scheme for giving time bound promotional scales/increments on completion of 9/16/23 years of regular service. The same was circulated vide office order dated 23rd April, 1990, the relevant portions of which are extracted below :-

(3.) The respondents, who were engaged as work-charged employees in the service of the Board between 18.11.1971 and 23.10.1993 and were appointed on regular basis on different dates between 7.11.1979 and 26.5.1999, filed writ petitions for issue of a direction to the Board and its officers to count their work-charged service for the purpose of grant of time bound promotional scales/promotional increments from the date of completion of 9/16/23 years service.