Surendra Nath Pandey & Ors vs U.P.Cooperative Bank Ltd. & Ors

The Supreme Court held that appellants, employed on a stop-gap or ad hoc basis, are not entitled to regular pay scales with increments as they failed to establish a legal right under applicable rules or principles of service jurisprudence. The Court reiterated its stance from previous judgments, including State of Haryana vs. Jasmer Singh and State of Haryana vs. Tilak Raj, that daily wage or ad hoc employees cannot claim parity with regular employees. The appeal was dismissed, affirming the Division Bench's ruling that the appellants did not have a right to the claimed benefits.