Dr. Madan Mohan Tiwari v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court Bilaspur; WPS No. 1657 of 2021; decided 20/03/2026; Judge Rakesh Mohan pandey; writ petition dismissed. Keywords: seniority list of Professors; gradation list as on 01.04.2007; ad hoc appointment Assistant Professor (Physics) order dated 03.01.1985; regularization orders 04.03.1987 / 03.01.1986; private respondents No. 03 to 11 regularized 19.03.1987, 19.01.1987, 10.10.1991; promotion order dated 30.05.2009; earlier writ WPS No.325/2010; representation rejected 27.02.2018; challenge to order dated 27.09.2018 (Annexure P/1) and circular dated 10.08.1990 (Annexure P/2); settled seniority cannot be reopened after retirement; superannuation bar on seniority claims; Higher Education Department; Chhattisgarh State Public Service Commission; retrospective promotion as Principal denied due to retirement of all concerned.
What did the court decide?
Since the petitioner and the private respondents have all retired on attaining the age of superannuation, the Court held that no direction can be issued to the respondent authorities to consider the petitioner's claim for grant of seniority over and above the private respondents; the writ petition was accordingly dismissed.