https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200814 A short-term contractual Drugs Inspector does not become a Government servant merely because the engagement is renewed from time to time. The governing test is whether the appointee holds a civil post under the recruitment rules and service framework; if the appointment is dehors the rules and purely contractual, constitutional protections and service benefits reserved for regular Government servants do not apply. On that basis, a contractual appointee cannot claim relaxation in the upper age limit for direct recruitment. en-us Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 25 Apr 2018 15:43:37 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200814 A short-term contractual Drugs Inspector does not become a Government servant merely because the engagement is renewed from time to time. The governing test is whether the appointee holds a civil post under the recruitment rules and service framework; if the appointment is dehors the rules and purely contractual, constitutional protections and service benefits reserved for regular Government servants do not apply. On that basis, a contractual appointee cannot claim relaxation in the upper age limit for direct recruitment. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200814