Tula Kant Jha v. The State Of Bihar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Absorbed employees of the dissolved agricultural marketing bodies challenged fresh-appointment conditions and new pension coverage. The court allowed the petitions, quashed the fresh-appointment condition and granted service continuity, including to similarly situated employees. It directed equitable seniority principles and reconsideration of the pension restriction.
What did the court decide?
Fresh-appointment condition quashed; service continuity granted to petitioners and similarly situated employees; equitable seniority principles and reconsideration of new pension restriction directed.