Labour & Service
Karnataka High Court Refuses To Pass Interim Order Permitting KSAT Member To Continue In Office After Expiry Of Tenure Next Week
The Karnataka High Court on Friday (June 5) declined to pass interim order for now in a PIL seeking a direction to allow an Administrative Member of the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal (KSAT) to continue in the office after expiry of his tenure on June 13. The Division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice K.S Hemalekha orally said that a memo extending the tenure can be...
Appointment Under Sports Quota Can't Be Denied For Representing University Outside State: Rajasthan High Court Grants Relief To Candidate
Rajasthan High Court granted relief to a candidate who sought appointment to the post of Teacher under “Outstanding sports Person” category, earlier denied the benefit on the ground that certificate issued to her for participating in the Championship was for representing Haryana and not Rajasthan.In doing so the court referred to the advertisement and said that the essential requirement...
Contractual Professionals Not Entitled To Remuneration Beyond Contract Period Without Proof Of Work Performed: J&K&L High Court
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has set aside a writ Court order directing payment of remuneration to contractual professionals engaged for preparation of zonal plans, holding that the respondents miserably failed to demonstrate that they performed any duties beyond the period of their contract.The Court observed that the experience certificates were issued by the very...
Disability Developed After 14 Years Of Army Service Presumed Attributable To Service Absent Cogent Rebuttal: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court upheld an order of the Armed Forces Tribunal granting disability element of pension to Army personnel after observing that the disability had developed during service after more than fourteen years of enrolment and that the subsequent denial of attributability lacked adequate reasoning.The Court was hearing a writ petition filed by the Union of...
Subsequent Penalty Cannot Affect Promotion Against Vacancies That Arose Prior To Issuance Of Punishment Order: Rajasthan High Court
Rajasthan High Court held that the effective date for calculating past 7 years' record of government employee for consideration of promotion would start from the date vacancy accrued for the concerned promotion, and not the date of the incident against which disciplinary proceedings are initiated. The bench of Justice Anand Sharma observed that any penalty had an impact on the promotion to...
Person With Higher Qualification Can't Be Considered For Post Specifically Intended For Less Educated : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that suppression of higher educational qualifications for a job post exclusively reserved for lower educational qualifications amounts to depriving genuinely eligible and deserving candidates of the job. “…when the post was specifically intended for candidates possessing lower educational qualifications, permitting a person with higher qualifications to...
Karnataka High Court Issues Notice On Plea By Employers' Association Against State Govt's Minimum Wage Hike Notification
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (June 2) issued notice on a plea challenging State government's May 22 notification proposing minimum wage hike for 81 scheduled employments.The single judge bench of Justice Jyothi M was hearing a writ petition filed by the Karnataka Employers' Association (KEA) and another entity, which contends that the state government issued the notification by...
Rajasthan High Court Directs Formation Of Panel To Examine Issue Of Faulty Answer Keys, Wrong Questions In Public Recruitment Exams
Expressing concern at recurring instances of faulty answer keys and incorrect questions in public recruitment exams, the Rajasthan High Court directed the State to constitute a "High Level Committee of Senior IAS Officers" to examine the issue and formulate an SOP ensuring transparency and accuracy in future recruitment exams. The court passed the direction, while upholding the right...
CCS Rules | Temporary Status Casual Labourer Entitled To Pension Even Without Formal Regularisation : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (June 1) delivered a significant ruling in favour of long-serving casual workers, holding that employees who have performed work of a permanent and continuous nature for the government over extended periods are entitled to pensionary benefits even in the absence of formal regularisation. The Court held that such casual workers are entitled to benefits equivalent...
Non-Supply Of ACRs, Destruction Of Service Records Caused Prejudice : Supreme Court Grants Enhanced Pension To Retired Railway Doctor
The Supreme Court has granted notional promotion and enhanced pensionary benefits to a retired Indian Railway Medical Service (IRMS) officer, holding that the non-supply of her Annual Confidential Reports (ACRs), destruction of her service records during pendency of litigation and irregular assessment of her performance had caused prejudice to her claim for promotion.A Bench of Justice...
Railway Servant Is Central Govt Employee, Railway Service Entitled To Weightage In New Service : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Railway Service would be treated as a 'civil post' under the Central Government, and therefore ex-Railway employees are entitled to weightage for the services rendered by them in Railways in pay revision, while joining a different new service“…a railway servant is also a Government servant though it is not the CCS (Conduct) Rules but the...