State government has notified that the period of service rendered on ad hoc/contract/work-charged/substitute basis would be treated as public employment and included in computation of length of service for the purpose of pension under the Nagaland Retirement from Public Employment (2nd Amendment) Act, 2009.
According to an official bulletin, this was stated in an office memorandum from the P&AR department, which was issued following a landmark judgement and order dated March 14, 2017 in W.A. No. 5(K) of 2017, the Kohima Bench of Gauhati High Court.
While passing the judgement, the court observed that “in view of the expressed provision defining public employment which does not distinguish between regular appointment and adhoc/contract/work-charged appointment for the purpose of retirement, period rendered on such basis has to be computed for the purpose of computation of 35 years of public employment”.
This OM supersedes all office memoranda on the subject including the P&AR Department memorandum dated August 1, 2012, it stated.
Wednesday, May 6, 2026