The petitioner before the Court was appointed as a professor of Pharmacy in the college in October 1999. Till April 2009, he served on the post with intermittent breaks. The breaks occurred as the post was reserved for candidates from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and the petitioner’s services were being used due to there being no eligible ST candidate appointed to hold the post.
From July 2009 to September 2020, the petitioner rendered continuous service, after being appointed in an open category vacancy.
However, he was denied post-retirement benefits by the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), Maharashtra on the ground that there was a shortage of 1 month and 16 days for him to be eligible for pension. There was a gap of 674 days in his service owing to technical breaks and vacations.
Source: Barandbench
