Service Law - Promotion of petitioner to the post of Hindi Master - Interpretation of circular and cut-off dates - Denial of promotion found to be wrongful and unjustified - Writ petition allowed - Directions to consider petitioner's case for promotion on the post of Hindi Master in accordance with Punjab State Education Class III (School Cadre) Service Rules 1978 - Petitioner ranked at senior...
Termination of services – Writ petition filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India – Petitioner sought quashing of order dismissing his appeal against termination of service and reinstatement with continuity of service and payment of arrears of pay and other benefits – Petitioner appointed as Senior Lecturer-Mass Communications at Ansal Institute of Technology &ndas...
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 - Section 17A - Mandatory Prior Approval for Inquiry or Investigation against Public Servants - Protecting Public Servants from Vexatious Prosecution: The court emphasizes the significance of Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, which mandates prior approval from the competent authority for any inquiry or investigation into offenses alleged to h...
Service Law - Pension eligibility – Writ petitioner appointed as Daily Wage Mazdoor and later as Ex-Cadre Assistant – Retired after over 25 years of service – Denied pension on the grounds of insufficient service period – Single Judge directed consideration of service period and grant of pension – Appellant challenged the order – Appellant contended that the pet...
Service Law - Appointment on compassionate basis - Eligibility criteria - Financial status and income of the family - Fulfillment of scheme requirements - Exception to general rule of recruitment. Scheme for compassionate appointment - Consideration based on prevailing scheme - No vested right to compassionate appointment.
Suit for declaration and mandatory injunction - Direction to consider ca...
Service conditions of officers and servants of High Court – Primacy of Chief Justice – Enhancement of retirement age – Proposal to enhance retirement age from 56 to 58 years – Committee recommendation for enhancement of retirement age for meritorious employees – Government’s rejection citing parity with government servants’ retirement age – Jurisdict...
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 – Section 11-A – Power of Labor Court to interfere with charges – Applicability and scope – Labor Court has the right to reappreciate the evidence and come to a different conclusion – Charges can be interfered with if necessary. (Para 21)
Labor disputes – Writ jurisdiction – High Court’s supervisory jurisdic...
Service Law - Promotion - Educational Qualification and ACRs - Petition challenging promotions of respondent No.2 on grounds of lacking requisite educational qualifications and procedural improprieties in ACR considerations - Court finds respondent No.2 lacked qualifications for feeder cadre posts, including Private Secretary and Assistant Registrar - Petitioner's ACRs not communicated as per ...
1. Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 - Jurisdiction of Deputy Labour Commissioner-cum-Commissioner for Workmen Compensation - Contesting claim - Scope of - High Court holding the claim as coram-non-judice - Appeal against - Written statement filed by respondent not amounting to contest - Employer admitting the claim - Lack of cross-examination by insurer - Claim not meeting the criteria of a co...
Service Law – Assured Career Progression – Technical and Non-Technical Pay Scales – Writ petition seeking quashing of the order that rejected the petitioner’s pay fixation in the pay scale of Rs. 5200-20200 + GP 3200 as the first ACP from 01.02.2006 and reduced his pay. The petitioner was granted a technical pay scale earlier, which should be treated as the functional pay s...