Allowed
Rajana v.T., v. State of Kerala
Kerala HCWP(C)/7049/2020
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Writ petitions by higher secondary school teachers whose appointments were approved only from the date of the approval orders despite earlier actual appointments. Following a Division Bench judgment upheld by the Supreme Court dismissing the State's SLP, the court allowed the petitions and declared seniority runs from actual appointment dates.
What did the court decide?
Petitions allowed; impugned approval orders quashed; petitioners' seniority declared countable from actual appointment; consequential orders and benefits within three months.