University of Calicut, v. Praseetha C. Mohan
Case brief
What is this about?
Competing University and PSC lists governed recruitment of Assistants. The court affirmed 334 appointments preceding the PSC list, held the University list ineffective thereafter, cancelled later provisional appointments without salary recovery, and directed appointments from the PSC list. The connected matters received mixed outcomes.
What did the court decide?
334 appointments affirmed; provisional appointments cancelled without salary recovery; PSC appointments directed to resulting and reported substantive vacancies, subject to NCA claims.