Ram Surat Singh and Ors. v. the State of Bihar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Employees of the dissolved Agriculture Marketing Board challenged fresh-appointment and pension conditions attached to absorption. The court quashed the fresh-appointment condition, granted continuity to petitioners and similarly situated employees, and directed equitable seniority principles and reconsideration of new pension scheme coverage.
What did the court decide?
Fresh-appointment condition quashed; continuity granted to petitioners and similarly situated employees; equitable seniority principles and reconsideration of new pension scheme coverage directed.