Supreme Court of India

State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. v. Ku. Sandhya Tomar & Anr.

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Reported as [2012] 11 S.C.R. 839
Bench Dr. B.S. Chauhan and Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla JJ.
Decided 13 December 2012

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3 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

In view of the above, the learned Single Judge, as well as the Division Bench have misdirected themselves with respect to the actual issues involved in the case, and have decided the case upon totally irrelevant issues.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Service Law - Appointment - Temporary appointment - In a project - Through Employment Exchange - The appointee joining another department - Later repatriated to parent department - Not permitted to join parent department - Subsequent advertisement for appointment to the post - Challenged by the appointee - Advertisement quashed by Single Judge as well as Division Bench of High Court - On appeal, held: The initial appointment was in violation of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution - As the appointment was temporary, the appointee cannot claim any lien in respect of the said post - The

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 3 relied on

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