Supreme Court of India ruled ad hoc employees without proper recruitment cannot be regularised under State policy. Bench of Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Atul S. Chandurkar upheld Haryana notifications, modifying earlier High Court decision.
Delhi High Court rejected plea by EWS candidates seeking parity in relaxations with SC, ST, OBC categories. Bench of Anil Kshetarpal and Amit Mahajan held policy decisions fall within legislative and executive domain.
The Calcutta High Court ruled a deceased teacher’s brother is not “family” for pension under the 1981 Scheme. It upheld denial of died-in-harness benefits, noting no claim was made by the mother, the eligible beneficiary under rules.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that candidates are solely responsible for regularly checking recruitment websites for updates and deadlines. The Court refused to relax document submission timelines, holding that recruitment advertisements cannot be diluted by judicial intervention.
The Chhattisgarh High Court held that once a government employee joins a transferred post, they lose any legal right to remain at or return to their previous posting. The Bench clarified that “the appellant has no legal right to remain at his previous place of posting once the transfer order has been implemented.”
