Chandigarh, Feb. 24 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has ruled that deputy advocates-general (DAGs) and assistant advocates-general in Haryana are entitled to leave travel concession (LTC), medical reimbursement and other emoluments.

While allowing a 2021 petition by a group of state's law officers, the high court bench of justice Sandeep Moudgil said that they are performing full-time duties and could not be treated as "contractual".

They had demanded to grant fixed medical allowance arguing that their appointments are against sanctioned posts, on a regular revised pay scale under the HCS (RP) Rules, 2016, with "usual allowances as sanctioned by the Haryana government from time to time".

It was argued that in law and in practice, ...