State of Hp and Others v. Hans Raj Thakur and others
Case brief
What is this about?
Himachal Pradesh High Court LPA 475/2024 dismissed 16.12.2024; seniority from contract appointment Range Forest Officer; regularization 29.5.2017; Direct Recruit Class II Engineering Officers (1990) 2 SCC 715 relied upon; Siraj Ahmad (2020) 19 SCC 480; Taj Mohammad CWP 2004/2017 (3.8.2023); delay condonation 301 days CMP(M) 1756/2024; seniority list dated 23.07.2018 withdrawn; no monetary benefits; bench Tarlok Singh Chauhan ACJ and Satyen Vaidya; respondents Hans Raj Thakur and others (Nemo).
What did the court decide?
To the appellants: condonation of 301-day filing delay (CMP(M) No.1756 of 2024) and registration of the appeal; thereafter the appeal itself was dismissed, so the Writ Court's directions — counting contract-basis service for seniority and consequential promotion (excluding monetary benefits) — stand undisturbed. ¶37