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 - 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 - 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Jurisdiction – Petitioners filed applications for transferring cases to NGT after similar applications were previously withdrawn – Held, principles of res judicata and CPC provisions apply to writ jurisdiction under Rule 32 of the Writ Jurisdiction Rules – Earlier withdrawal of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...
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 - Departmental Proceedings vs. Criminal Proceedings – LPA challenging reinstatement after dismissal of peon despite acquittal in criminal case – Departmental inquiry found employee guilty of misconduct – CCTV evidence showed misuse of ATM card – Criminal court acquitted due to lack of evidence – Held, departmental proceedings based on preponderance of prob...
Service Law - Gratuity and Interest - Payment and Refund – LPA challenging Single Bench order allowing interest on gratuity amount from 26.03.2002 to 01.11.2010 – Employee retired in 2001, received gratuity but had to refund it upon opting for the pension scheme – Supreme Court in Allahabad Bank &Anr. vs. All India Allahabad Bank Retired Employees Association ruled employees ...
Demolition of School Building Without Approval – Staff Entitlement to Compensation and Re-employment – Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision directing the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) to pay the arrears of salary, pension, and other benefits to the staff of a school managed by Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC), which was closed without prior approval &...
Seniority – Determination in Government Service – Direct Recruitment vs. Promotion – Dispute between direct recruits and promoted officers regarding seniority in the cadre of Junior Engineers – Contention that promoted Sectional Officers, Grade-I, whose posts were upgraded, should not be granted seniority over direct recruits – Held, direct recruits must be granted se...
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...