PATNA, India, March 24 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on March 19:
Heard the parties.
2. The petitioners, who are either erstwhile Work Charged Employee or their dependents, who had been working under the Work Charged Establishment in the Department of Water Resources Department for more than a decade, have approached this Court seeking a direction upon the respondents to provide pension/family pension along with its arrears to them.
3. Mr. Ram Niwas Prasad, learned Advocate for the petitioners submits that the issue regarding the entitlement of the Work Charged Employee stood settled in the case of Mobina Khatoon Vs. The State of Bihar & Others, reported in 2019 (1) PLJR 1015 and other identical cases. He further cont...