Supreme Court of India

State of Gujarat and Anr. v. Pj. Kampavat and Ors.

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Reported as [1992] 2 S.C.R. 845
Bench M.M. Punchhi J.
Decided 28 April 1992

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the appoint­ ment of the respondents was a pure and simple contractual appointment C and that such appointment does not attract and is outside the purview of the Bombay Civil Service Rules, 1959.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950: Article 310--Contractual appointments-Ministers' establishment-­ Temporary appointment on the recommendation of Ministers-Power of State c' .,._ to make such appointmenti-Source of. -r - Civil Services: Bombay Civil Service Rules, 1959: Rules 2, 9(56), 33. Temporary appointments-Co-terminus with the term of Mini­ sters-Wliether incumbents entitled for absorption-Termination Order-Prior notice-Whether necessary. The respondents were appointed in the State Government Service purely on temporary basis, co-terminus with the tenure of the Chief Minister and Ministers,

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