Supreme Court of India

Union of India through Chandigarh Administration (u.t.) Chandigarh and Anr. v. S.K. Sharma, Professor of Civil Engineering Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh

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Reported as [1992] 2 S.C.R. 459
Bench N.M. Kasliwal and K. Ramaswamy JJ.
Decided 3 April 1992

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Service Law-Seniority-Fixation of-Appointment on ad hoc basis-Subsequent regularisation of appointment-Seniority to be reckoned from the date of regular appointment-Period of ad hoc service rendered not to be counted. The respondent was temporarily appointed as Professor (Junior Scale) in the Department of Irrigation and Hydraulics, Punjab. Sub- sequently, he was selected as Professsor (Junior Scale) on regular basis in the Civil Engineering Department of the Punjab Engineering College. In view of the fact that the post of Professor (Junior Scale) was not vacant in the Civil Engineering

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