RANCHI, India, March 4 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Jan. 3:

1. Heard, learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State.

2. Petitioners have worked for more than ten years and thereafter, the order of regularization was passed on 2023.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the earlier service which the petitioner has rendered to the respondents be calculated for the purpose of post retiral benefits.

4. The Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of State of Gujarat vs. Talsibhai Dhanjibhai Patel, reported in 2022 SCC OnLine SC 2004 at paragraph 1 has held as under:-

"1. It is unfortunate that the State continued to take the services of the respondent as an ad-hoc for 30 years and ...