Law Officers--State Cannot Deny Core Service Benefits to Full-Time Law Officers on Grounds of Contractual Nomenclature
Engagement of State Law Officers cannot be dismissed as merely "contractual" to deny core service benefits where the substance of the relationship reveals exclusivity, continuity, and institutional integration. Constitutional jurisprudence does not permit selective parity — once the State treats law officers as regular salaried employees for pay and increments, it cannot without rational basis deny them Leave Travel Concession, medical reimbursement, and earned leave.
