GOVT. service on temporary establishment who have rendered more than five years continuous temporary service shall count such service for the purpose of pension or gratuity . Temporary and officiating service followed by a confirmation shall also count for pension or gratuity. If a permanent post, on which a GOVT. servant holds his lien, is abolished under circumstances entitling him to get a compensation pension or gratuity, his service thereafter a temporary post under GOVT. qualifies for pension. Apprentices and probations: one half ½ of the period of apprenticeship qualifies for pension. The service of probationers who is subsequently confirmed in a permanent post without interruption qualified for pension.