Promoted on an ad-hoc basis in 2006, kept on for six years, then reverted, a group of MCD junior engineers spent two decades litigating for regularisation. The Supreme Court, deprecating the Corporation’s apathy, held that once the Lieutenant Governor approved the rule relaxation the approval related back to 2006, and ordered regularisation and consequential benefits from the date they were first promoted.
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court ruled that ad hoc service cannot be ignored when considering employees for promotion. It held this applies if the initial appointment was lawful and the employee served continuously throughout thereafter.
