UNION OF INDIA vs RAKESH KUMAR .

The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Central Administrative Tribunal, which directed the Union of India to count the service of casual laborers as qualifying service for pension benefits. The Court emphasized that the service rendered by the respondents in casual capacity should be recognized as 50% after 120 days and 100% post their temporary status until regularization. The judgment reinforced the principle that employees should receive full service benefits for the period they worked under temporary status, thereby affirming the rights of casual laborers under service law.