Nipun Jain v. State of Rajasthan
Case brief
What is this about?
inter se seniority; school Lecturers; Vice Principal posts; Principal posts; promotion; posting; counseling; DPC; review DPC; priority class candidates; physically disabled persons; Rajasthan Various Service (Amendment) Rules, 2002; notification dated 10th October, 2002; Article 309 of the Constitution of India; seniority from date of appointment after regular selection; adhoc or urgent temporary appointment; Rajasthan Public Service Commission; Directorate of Secondary Education Bikaner; Rajasthan High Court Jodhpur; interim order; disposal of D.B. Spl. Appl. Writ Nos. 116/2025, 117/2025, 118/2025, 120/2025; next date 15.04.2025.
What did the court decide?
Interim directions issued: the State is to complete review DPC/DPC for Vice Principal and Principal posts and posting after proper counseling for all vacant posts, such promotions/postings remaining subject to the final outcome of the petitions; the Learned AAG is to take final instructions on the inter se seniority of Lecturers and address the Court on 15.04.2025; the order supersedes all previous orders in the matter; appeals in D.B. Spl. Appl. Writ Nos. 116/2025, 117/2025, 118/2025 & 120/2025 are disposed of, and the remaining connected matters are listed for 15.04.2025.