{"id":158053,"date":"2010-09-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-of-punjab-anr-vs-suresh-kumar-sharma-on-23-september-2010"},"modified":"2015-08-18T08:45:29","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T03:15:29","slug":"state-of-punjab-anr-vs-suresh-kumar-sharma-on-23-september-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-of-punjab-anr-vs-suresh-kumar-sharma-on-23-september-2010","title":{"rendered":"State Of Punjab & Anr vs Suresh Kumar Sharma on 23 September, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n
State Of Punjab & Anr vs Suresh Kumar Sharma on 23 September, 2010<\/div>\n
Author: ………………….J.<\/div>\n
Bench: Dalveer Bhandari, Deepak Verma<\/div>\n
                                               1\n\n\n\n                      IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA\n\n                       CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION\n\n                       CIVIL APPEAL NO.7872 OF 2004\n\nSTATE OF PUNJAB & ANR.                         ... APPELLANT(S)\n\n               VERSUS\n\nSURESH KUMAR SHARMA                            ... RESPONDENT(S)\n\n                             J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n
DALVEER BHANDARI, J.\n<\/p>\n
          This appeal is directed against the judgment delivered by<\/p>\n
the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh in Civil Writ<\/p>\n
Petition No.662\/2004 dated July 12, 2004. The respondent herein-<\/p>\n
Suresh Kumar Sharma was appointed as Assistant Advocate General,<\/p>\n
Punjab by the order dated 28th April, 1986 of the Government of<\/p>\n
Punjab.   The order reads as under :\n<\/p>\n
          “GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
\n          DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS AND JUSTICE
\n          (JUDICIAL BRANCH)<\/p>\n
               The Governor of Punjab is pleased to appoint the
\n          following Advocate as Assistant Advocates General,
\n          Punjab in the scale of Rs.2000-2300 plus usual
\n          allowances attached to these posts, from the date
\n          they assume charge :-<\/p>\n
          1.   Shri Suresh Kumar Sharma\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
          2.   Shri Ranjit Singh Gill\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
          3.   Ms.Sukhcharan Kaur Bhatia<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
          2.   The terms and conditions of their appointment
\n          will be as under :-\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                    “(i) They will be whole time Government
\n          employees and will do all criminal and miscellaneous
\n          work entrusted to them by the Advocate General,
\n          Punjab,\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                    (ii) Their appointment is purely temporary
\n          and services are terminable without assigning any
\n          reason and without notice,\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                    (iii)For conducting civil cases only, they
\n                                              2<\/span><\/p>\n
            will be paid two third of the prescribed fee,\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                      (iv) If on any particular day they have no
\n            criminal case to conduct in the High Court, fees
\n            payable to them in civil cases will be reduced by the
\n            amount of their salary for that day,\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                      (v) In the matter of leave and traveling
\n            allowances, they will be governed by the Punjab Civil
\n            Services Rules,\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                      (vi)   House   Rent   Allowance   will   be
\n            admissible to them,\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                      (vii) Their services are contractual in
\n            nature and, as such, they will not be entitled to any
\n            other benefit viz. Pension, gratuity and encashment
\n            of leave etc.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                      (viii) Their appointment would be against a
\n            non-pensionable post.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n\n            Dated Chandigarh\n            the 28th April, 1986     Sd\/-\n                                     (R.P.OJHA)\n                                     Financial Commissioner\n                                     & Secretary to Government\n                                               of Punjab\n                                     Department of Home Affairs\n                                     and Justice.\n            No.1\/5\/86-4 Judl.\/1111.....\"\n\n<\/pre>\n
It may be pertinent to mention that Ms.S.K.Bhatia was also appointed<\/p>\n
along    with     the    respondent     herein.         According   to    Mr.P.S.Patwala,<\/p>\n
learned senior counsel appearing for the respondent, this case is<\/p>\n
covered by the judgment of this Court in Civil Appeal No.5810\/2000,<\/p>\n
State of Punjab & Anr. Vs.S.K.Bhatia & Ors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
            The    brief       facts   of   this       case,   which     are    relevant    to<\/p>\n
dispose of the appeal are recapitulated as under :<\/p>\n
            The respondent was appointed as Assistant Advocate General<\/p>\n
and   thereafter        he   was   appointed      as    Deputy   Advocate       General    and<\/p>\n
Senior    Deputy        Advocate    General       in     the   State     of     Punjab.    The<\/p>\n
respondent superannuated on 31.03.2003. The pensionary benefits were<\/p>\n
denied to the respondent, then he approached the High Court and made<\/p>\n
grievance       that     the    respondent        was     wrongly      denied     pensionary
\n                                              3<\/span><\/p>\n
benefits.     It may be pertinent to mention that some similarly placed<\/p>\n
persons      were     also        denied     pensionary     benefits      after        their<\/p>\n
superannuation and in the Writ Petitions of V.P.Parashar, D.N.Rampal<\/p>\n
and    S.K.Bhatia     the    High    Court    allowed     their    writ   petitions     and<\/p>\n
directed     the    State    of    Punjab    to   give    them    pensionary    benefits.<\/p>\n
Mr.Patwalia has particularly referred to the judgment of S.K.Bhatia<\/p>\n
who was appointed along with the respondent herein.<\/p>\n
The learned single Judge has also quoted the terms and conditions of<\/p>\n
the appointment of S.K.Bhatia, which would also be the same in the<\/p>\n
case    of   respondent       herein.       The   terms    and     conditions     of    the<\/p>\n
appointment reads as under :\n<\/p>\n
                      “(i) They will be wholetime Government
\n            employees and will do all criminal and miscellaneous
\n            work entrusted to them by the Advocate General,
\n            Punjab,\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                      (ii) Their appointment is purely temporary
\n            and services are terminable without assigning any
\n            reason and without notice,\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                      (iii)For conducting civil cases only, they
\n            will be paid two third of the prescribed fee,\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                      (iv) If on any particular day they have no
\n            criminal case to conduct in the High Court, fees
\n            payable to them in civil cases will be reduced by the
\n            amount of their salary for that day,\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                      (v) In the matter of leave and travelling
\n            allowances, they will be governed by the Punjab Civil
\n            Services Rules,\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                      (vi)   House   Rent   Allowance   will   be
\n            admissible to them,\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                      (vii) Their services are contractual in
\n            nature and, as such, they will not be entitled to any
\n            other benefit viz. Pension, gratuity and encashment
\n            of leave etc.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                      (viii) Their appointment would be against a
\n            non-pensionable post.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The    learned single Judge, after elaborately dealing with                              the<\/p>\n
arguments of learned counsel for the parties, clearly came to the<\/p>\n
conclusion that appointment of S.K.Bhatia was not in the nature of
\n                                     4<\/span><\/p>\n
contract of personal service but as a regular government employee.<\/p>\n
         The learned single Judge has held :\n<\/p>\n
         “…I hold that the appointment of the petitioner was
\n         not in the nature of contract of personal service,
\n         but as a regular Government employee.”\n<\/p>\n
         The judgment of the learned single Judge in the case of<\/p>\n
S.K.Bhatia was challenged before the Division Bench of the High<\/p>\n
Court of Punjab and Haryana. The judgment of the Single Judge was<\/p>\n
upheld by the Division Bench. The order of the Division Bench reads<\/p>\n
as under :\n<\/p>\n
                   “Heard Learned Single Judge has held, inter
\n         alia, on the basis of the notification dated 3rd
\n         March, 1980, as also the view taken in D.N.Rampal
\n         Case and in V.P.Parashar’s case that the appointment
\n         of the petitioner was not in the nature of contract
\n         of personal service but as regular         government
\n         employee.   The learned Single Judge has also held
\n         that stipulation of the condition that the employment
\n         is contractual was wholly arbitrary, unjust and
\n         unconstitutional.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                    Further, the learned Single Judge has
\n         applied the ratio of the decision of the Supreme
\n         Court   in   Shrilekha   Vidyarthi   Versus  State  of
\n         U.P.,J.T.1990 (4) S.C.211 and distinguished the
\n         decision in State of U.P. & others Vs. U.P.State Law
\n         Officers Association & Ors., J.T. 1994(1) S.C.225, on
\n         the basis of mode of initial appointment of the
\n         respondent    as   Assistant   Advocate   General  and
\n         therefore her appointment as Deputy Advocate General.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
         Dismissed.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
         6-2-1998                    Sd\/-Arun B.Saharya\n                                     Chief Justice\n\n                                     Sd\/-Swatanter Kumar\n                                     Judge\"\n\n\n\n<\/pre>\n
         The   State   of   Punjab   challenged   the   judgment   of   the<\/p>\n
Division Bench before this Court. This Court, in appeal, passed the
\n                                 5<\/span><\/p>\n
following order :\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
         “IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
\n         CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
\n         CIVIL APPEAL NO.5810 OF 2000<\/p>\n
         State of Punjab & Anr.            …Appellants
\n         Vs.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
         S.K.Bhatia & Ors.                 …Respondents
\n                             ORDER<\/p>\n
              The matter relates to termination of the first
\n         respondent as Dy.Advocate General by State of Punjab.
\n         The respondent challenged the termination order dated
\n         19.7.1993 as illegal on the ground her appointment
\n         was as a regular government servant and not a
\n         contractual engagement as counsel. The learned Single
\n         Judge, by judgment dated 30.5.1997. upheld her
\n         contention and allowed her writ petition, declared
\n         the termination order dated 19.7.1993 as illegal and
\n         quashed it.   He also held that the first respondent
\n         was entitled to all consequential benefits.       The
\n         intra-court appeal filed by the appellants was
\n         dismissed by the Division Bench on 6.2.1998. The said
\n         judgment is under challenge.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
         2.   The impugned judgment of the High Court dated
\n         6.2.1998 in the case of the first respondent was
\n         followed by the High Court in a subsequent siilar
\n         case relating to termination of a Sr.Dy.Advocate
\n         General -G.S.Cheema Vs. State of Punjab (Judgment
\n         dated 22.4.2004 in C.W.P.No.8273\/1999).    The state
\n         challenged the decisions of the High Court in the
\n         case of the first respondent (in this appeal) and in
\n         the case of Shri G.S.Cheema (in C.A.No.6057\/2004).
\n         Both appeals were being listed together for final
\n         hearing.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
         3.   When the appeals came up on 29.1.2009, the
\n         learned counsel for the state submitted that the
\n         state government has taken a decision to implement
\n         the order of the High Court in the case of Shri
\n         G.S.Cheema and absorb him in service. Recording the
\n         said submission, C.A.No.6057\/2004 was dismissed.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
         4.   With reference to this appeal (relating to
\n         Ms.S.K.Bhatia), the learned counsel for the state
\n         sought   time  to   secure   specific  instructions.
\n         Thereafter, the matter was adjourned to 19.2.2009 at
\n         the request of the counsel for the state and again
\n                                      6<\/span><\/p>\n
           adjourned at his request today. When the matter came
\n           up today, learned counsel for the state submitted
\n           that he has not received any instructions from the
\n           state.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
           5.   When the state government has accepted the
\n           decision rendered by the High Court in case of
\n           G.S.Cheema, which followed the impugned judgment, the
\n           state government has to adopt the same yardstick in
\n           this case also, unless there are any distinguishing
\n           factors or circumstances.    The learned counsel for
\n           the appellant has not been able to show any
\n           difference between the facts of this case, and the
\n           facts in the case of G.S.Cheema.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
           6.   We are also informed that during the pendency of
\n           the proceedings, the first respondent has attained
\n           the age of superannuation and all that therefore
\n           remains to be done is to process and disburse the
\n           terminal\/retiral benefits.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
           7.   In view of the above we dismiss this appeal.
\n           Needless to say that the retiral benefits due to the
\n           respondent in accordance with law, will have to be
\n           processed expeditiously that is within four months.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                                            ………………….J.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                                            (R.V.Raveendran)<\/p>\n
                                            ………………….J.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                                            (Markandey Katju)
\n           New Delhi,
\n           March 17,2009.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n
           Mr.Patwalia submits that the case of the respondent is<\/p>\n
squarely covered by the case of S.K.Bhatia because she was also<\/p>\n
appointed on the same day by the same order in the same position and<\/p>\n
the benefits which were extended      to S.K.Bhatia should also be given<\/p>\n
to the respondent herein.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
           We have heard learned counsel for the parties.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
           Learned counsel appearing for the State of Punjab could<\/p>\n
not   distinguish   the   case   of   the   respondent   with   the   case   of
\n                                      7<\/span><\/p>\n
S.K.Bhatia      and other cases.    Consequently, the respondent herein,<\/p>\n
who has already attained superannuation from service would also be<\/p>\n
entitled   to    get   pensionary   and   other   benefits   due   to   him   in<\/p>\n
accordance with law.       We direct that all the pensionary and other<\/p>\n
benefits, if any, be given to the respondent within four months from<\/p>\n
the date of communication of this order. In the special facts and<\/p>\n
circumstances of the case, we deem it appropriate to direct the<\/p>\n
State of Punjab to pay costs of Rs.25,000\/- to the respondent.                Let<\/p>\n
the costs be paid within four weeks from the date of communication<\/p>\n
of this order.     The appeal is, accordingly, allowed and disposed of.<\/p>\n
                                                      ……………….J.\n<\/p>\n
                                                         (DALVEER BHANDARI)<\/p>\n
                                                      ……………….J.\n<\/p>\n
                                                             (DEEPAK VERMA)<\/p>\n
NEW DELHI;\n<\/p>\n
23RD SEPTEMBER, 2010<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Supreme Court of India State Of Punjab & Anr vs Suresh Kumar Sharma on 23 September, 2010 Author: ………………….J. Bench: Dalveer Bhandari, Deepak Verma 1 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO.7872 OF 2004 STATE OF PUNJAB & ANR. … APPELLANT(S) VERSUS SURESH KUMAR SHARMA … RESPONDENT(S) J U D […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-supreme-court-of-india"],"yoast_head":"\nState Of Punjab & Anr vs Suresh Kumar Sharma on 23 September, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-of-punjab-anr-vs-suresh-kumar-sharma-on-23-september-2010\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"State Of Punjab & Anr vs Suresh Kumar Sharma on 23 September, 2010 - 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