The Rajasthan High Court has directed the State government to file a fresh affidavit in response to a petition alleging corruption in the absorption of employees who were working in private JVVNL corporations, into government service, while opining that the earlier affidavit was 'misleading'.

The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Bhuwan Goyal took into account the earlier affidavit filed by the State, as per which, the absorption was done under Rule 33 of the Rajasthan Civil Servants (Pension) Rules, 1996, read with Appendix IX Section-1, which permitted permanent transfer of Rajasthan Government Servants to State PSUs and Autonomous bodies, and vice versa.

Finding the affidavit to be misleading, the Court held that the provision had no application for absorption, but only for deciding how the service of an employee shall be governed who was already absorbed, by way of a transfer, from and into a Corporation or a company which was wholly or substantially controlled by the government.

After perusing the provision, the Court highlighted that the provision did not allow transfer and absorption of employees working with a company to a department.

“…the Rule nowhere talks about any such permission to transfer from State Public Sector undertakings and Autonomous Bodies to the State Government and only deals with the pension which is required to be provided if any government servant has been absorbed in or under a Corporation or a Company wholly or substantially owned or controlled by the Government or financed by the Government as the case may be. Thus we find that a misleading affidavit has been filed by the concerned Officer.”

In this background, the Court directed the government to file a fresh affidavit within 7 days.

The matter is listed on August 11, 2026.

Title: Public Against Corruption v State of Rajasthan & Ors.

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