Shahsi Sharma and Anr. v. State of Raj and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ petitions dismissed as infructuous; abandonment of service after 2011; no surviving cause of action; challenge to compulsion to execute new-format agreement and deprivation of service benefits; conditions of communication dated 19.02.2010; interim order dated 25.02.2011; liberty reserved to seek revival/recall of order; petitioners were Assistant Accountants/Junior Technical Assistant in Panchayat Samitis Baseri and Rajakhera, District Dholpur; respondents included State of Rajasthan (Finance and Panchayati Raj departments), Commissioner State Employment Guarantee Council (NAREGA), District Programme Coordinator/Collector Dholpur, Zila Parishad CEO and Block Development Officers; counsel for respondents: Kapil Prakash Mathur, AAG with Ashutosh Udawat; no petitioner counsel present; Rajasthan HC Jaipur; Anoop Kumar Dhand, J.; 04/02/2025.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief on the new-format agreement issue; however, the petitioners were granted liberty to move an application for revival of the petitions and recall of the order in case any grievance still survives.