Supreme Court of India

State of Haryana and Ors. v. Vijay Singh and Ors.

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Reported as [2012] 10 S.C.R. 356
Bench G.S. Singhvi and Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya JJ.
Decided 22 August 2012

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the direction given by the High Court for refixation of the respondents' seniority by counting the ad hoc service cannot be approved.

Judgment, page 32

From the headnote

Service Law - Seniority - Ad-hoc appointment of respondents as Masters in different subjects I Physical Training Instructor I Hindi Teacher - Subsequently regularized - After regularization, claim of respondents that the period of ad-hoc service be counted towards seniority - Claim not accepted by the department - Respondents filed writ petition - High Court held that seniority of the respondents be fixed by taking into account their ad hoc service - Justification - Held: Not justified - Till framing of the 1998 Rules, appointments to the posts of Masters and Teachers were governed by the

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