Supreme Court of India

State of Punjab and Ors. v. Gursharan Singh and Ors.

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Reported as [1996] SUPP. 9 S.C.R. 663
Decided 6 December 1996

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above statement, we think that if there is no post G available in any of the Engineering Colleges for absorption as Lecturer, it will be open to the Government to absorb them as Sub-Divisional En­ gineers in Irrigation Department, Assistant Divisional Manager (Store/Pur­ chase) State Transport Department; Assistant Director of factories Labou• Department; S.D.E. (B&R) Department of Punjab Government.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Service law-Government Institution-Handing over to Society-Ab· sorption of existing employees in Government Departments-Oovemment En­ gineering College Bhatinda-Pursuant to Government decision handed over to a Society, an autonomous body-Writ filed by employees for absorption in Government Department-Directions issued by Government to absorlJ all of them in Government Institutions on permanent basis-Appeal preferred by State Government-Held a Government servant on abolition of the post is re­ quired to be either dismissed from service due to non-availability of post or may be dealt with

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