IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH L.P.A. No. 1754 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: December 20, 2010 State Bank of Patiala …Appellant Versus Smt. Gejo …Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present: Mr. H.N. Mehtani, Advocate, for the appellant. 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? M.M. KUMAR, J. 1. The State Bank of Patiala is in appeal against the judgment of the learned Single Judge, dated 13.10.2010. The writ petitioner-respondent has been granted the relief of tagging her past service before regularisation as qualifiying service for the purposes of pension. She was appointed as ‘Kahar’ on 13.5.1968 and her services were regularised as a part-time ‘Kahar’ on 1.9.1996. She retired from service w.e.f. 29.2.2004. The appellant-bank declined to grant her pensionary benefits by setting up the plea that after regularisation she has not rendered 10 years of service and her total service came to 7 years and 10 months. The learned Single Judge has placed heavy reliance on a Full Bench judgment of this Court rendered in the case of Kesar Chand v. State of Punjab, 1988 (5) SLR 27. 2. Having heard learned counsel we do not find any legal infirmity in the view taken by the learned Single Judge warranting admission of the instant appeal. Accordingly, the appeal fails and the same is dismissed. (M.M. KUMAR) JUDGE (RITU BAHRI) December 20, 2010 JUDGE Pkapoor