Employment Law – Termination During Probation – Misconduct Allegation – Appeal against the order of termination during probation. Held, termination based on unsatisfactory work and conduct during probation is neither stigmatic nor requires a detailed inquiry unless misconduct is specifically attributed. The appellant's termination, based on a "below average" ACR and...
Service Law - Assured Career Progression (ACP) Scheme - Deputation and Absorption – Petitioner challenged CAT order granting Senior Scale to respondent by counting service rendered on deputation before absorption – Held, deputation period must be counted towards minimum qualifying years for Senior Scale/Selection Grade – Government’s ACP Scheme guidelines mandate inclusion ...
Constitutional Law – Scheduled Castes/Tribes – Jurisdiction to Amend Presidential Orders – Supreme Court reaffirms that the power to include or exclude castes from the Scheduled Castes/Tribes list rests solely with the Parliament. State Governments cannot amend or modify the list through circulars or notifications. Any such amendments or inclusions by State Governments, even if i...
Compassionate Appointment – Nature of Employment – High Court’s determination of the appointment under the Dying in Harness Rules as permanent – Challenge before Supreme Court – Appointment found to be contractual under the preferential policy, not compassionate – Termination order for misconduct without inquiry held invalid despite contractual nature of employm...
Constitutional Law - Articles 32 and 226 - Res Judicata and Procedural Bars in Writ Jurisdiction – Petitioners filed applications for transferring cases to NGT after similar applications were previously withdrawn – Held, principles of res judicata and CPC provisions apply to writ jurisdiction under Rule 32 of the Writ Jurisdiction Rules – Earlier withdrawal of applications consti...
Constitutional Law - Articles 14 and 16 - Recruitment Standards and Qualifications – Petitioner challenged the selection of respondent No. 4 for the post of Statistical Assistant – Respondent’s Master of Commerce degree lacked Statistics as a required subject – Held, recruitment rules specified Statistics as one of the papers at the Master's or Bachelor's level &nda...
Service Law - Promotion Criteria - Common Seniority List – Petitioners, Senior Scale Stenographers/Reporters, challenged the promotion of Personal Assistants to Private Secretary – Held, Rule 11 stipulates a common seniority list for promotion – Absence of common list violated Rule 11 – Promotions solely from Personal Assistants cadre from 1981 to 1995 deemed arbitrary and ...
Service Law - Promotion Post-Acquittal and Exoneration – Petitioner, previously reverted and placed under suspension with two disciplinary proceedings initiated, exonerated in one and punished in another – Acquitted in criminal case on 30.04.2016 – Held, cause of action for seniority, promotion, and re-fixation of pay arises from acquittal date – Respondents directed to rec...
Service Law - Unauthorized Absence - Termination of Services - Haryana Police – Regular Second Appeal against the order dismissing the civil suit and first appeal challenging the termination of the appellant's services – Appellant, a Head Constable, claimed unauthorized leave to attend a Public Police Samelan and alleged he was restrained from rejoining duty – Enquiry proceed...
Service Law - Recovery of Excess Payment – Regular Second Appeal against order of lower appellate court setting aside recovery of excess amount paid to employee – Employee’s salary wrongly fixed by the department in 1996, error discovered in 2011, recovery sought – Held that recovery from employee impermissible when no fraud or misrepresentation is involved and when benefit...