The Supreme Court ordered that 50% of service of the casual period should be counted for pension, after the worker is regularised. The judgment was delivered in an appeal filed by the Railway Department against the decision of the Central Administrative Tribunal that the full period of casual service should be counted for pension and other benefits, after the worker is regularised.

The judgment was delivered by the Bench consisting of Justice A.K.Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan.