Balvinder Singh and Others v. State of Hp and Others
HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH – CWP No.2597 of 2024, decided 19.07.2024 (Ajay Mohan Goel, J.) – Seniority – contract appointees later regularized
Case brief
What is this about?
Seniority counting from date of initial contract appointment; contract appointment followed by regularization; Assistant Officer (Executive Trainer); appointment through HP Public Service Commission per Recruitment & Promotion Rules; consequential promotional benefits granted; monetary benefits expressly excluded; follows Taj Mohammad (CWP No.2004/2017, decided 03.08.2023) resting on Direct Recruitment Class II Engineering Officer's Association v. State of Maharashtra, (1990) 2 SCC 715; State's opposition unsuccessful; CWP No.2597 of 2024; Himachal Pradesh High Court; Ajay Mohan Goel, J.; decision dated 19.07.2024.
What did the court decide?
Respondents directed to count petitioners' seniority from the date of initial contract appointment as Assistant Officer (followed by regularization without interruption) for seniority and consequential promotional benefits; counting confined to promotional benefits and expressly excluding monetary benefits. Pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, also disposed of accordingly.