New Delhi, Sept. 22 -- A government employee's appointment was questioned three years after he joined service, with the authorities subsequently terminating his services on the ground that the post against which he had been appointed was not available. Nearly three decades later, the same employee reached retirement, prompting the Allahabad High Court to examine what he was entitled to after years of service.

In its 14 September 2026 judgment in Balkrishna Sharma v. State of U.P. and Others, a division bench of Justice Saral Srivastava and Justice Siddharth Nandan directed the Uttar Pradesh authorities to calculate and release Sharma's pension, gratuity and other retirement benefits within 30 days.

Sharma had applied for the post of Jun...