Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Kerala Public Service Commission |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Allowed |
Headnote | Kerala Public Service Commission (Additional Functions) Act, 1963/ Kerala State and Subordinate Services Rules, 1958 : Sections 3 (1) (a) (b) (2) and 4/Rule 27-In 1975, Kerala State Electricity Board reserving 10% out of 50% quota of direct recruits in the cadre of Assistant Engineers (Civil) for qualified engineers already in its employment-The appellants the qualified engineering graduates already in service of the Board appointed as Assistant Engineers (Civil) on ad-hoc basis between 1976 to 1979-Regularisation of their services subject to their passing departmental exams and completion of probation period-Accordingly services of appellants and those falling under 10% quota regularised with effect from the date of their joining as Assistant Engineers in 1982-Rest 40% direct recruits appointed through Public Service Commission joined their duties on 21-10-1981-Public Service Commission refused to concur on the regularisation of services of appellants and others with effect from the date of their joining as Assistant Engineers Matter referred to State Government under Section 3(2) of the Act-State Government overruled the advice of Commission and approved regularisation with effect from the date of appellants' joining as Assistant Engineers-A gradation list prepared in accordance with the said order-Respondent Assistant Engineers falling under the 40% quota challenged the said government order and gradation list in a writ petition before the High Court as the respondents were placed below the appellants in the said gradation list-Writ petition dismissed by Single Judge on grounds of delay and laches with an observation that there was no violation of 10% quota-Division Bench of the High Court allowed the appeal and determined the date of appointment of the appellants to be the date of regularisation of their services as Assistant Engineers i.e. 1982 and also directed referring of the Gradation list-Consequently, respondents placed above the appellants in the gradation list-On appeal, Held: Consultation with Public Service Commission was a statutory requirement under section 3(1)(b) in respect of said appointments-There is no provision dispensing with such consultation in the said Rules-The State Government had overriding powers in case of difference of opinion between the Electricity Board and the Public Service Commission in the matter of regularisation of services of the employees-The said order of the Government was in accordance with provisions of the Act-Pre regularisation service period of the appellants was to be counted in determining the seniority. |
Judge | Honble Mr. Justice V.N. Khare |
Neutral Citation | 2000 INSC 439 |
Petitioner | R. Hariharan And Ors. |
Respondent | K. Balachandran Nair And Ors. |
SCR | [2000] Supp. (3) S.C.R. 200 |
Judgement Date | 2000-09-11 |
Case Number | 9090 |
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