High Court
Andhra Pradesh High Court Upholds 1-Year Bar On Officer's Promotion After Censure, Says Punishment Without Consequence Would Normalize Wrongdoing
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that a government servant awarded minor penalty of censure can be denied promotion for one year under G.O.Ms.No.53, as the Government Order has the force of law and validly supplements the Andhra Pradesh Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1991. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 140]In doing so, the Court refused to direct the immediate promotion...
Govt Servant Can't Challenge Denial Of Salary For Period Of Unauthorised Absence Regularised To Enable Voluntary Retirement: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has deprecated the conduct of a government servant who secured voluntary retirement, by the regularization of his unauthorized absence from duty through a sanction of leave without pay, but still challenged the denial of salary for the period of absence. The bench of Justice Alok Mathur and Justice Amitabh Kumar Rai held,“The conduct of the petitioner amounts...
WBPSC Violated Rules, Conducted Interview Unfairly: Calcutta High Court Quashes Museum Keeper Appointment
The Calcutta High Court has set aside the West Bengal Public Service Commission's (WBPSC) recruitment process for the post of Keeper at the State Archaeological Museum, holding that the Commission failed to adhere to its own Rules of Procedure, 1982 and the terms of the recruitment advertisement. The Court also quashed the appointment of the selected candidate and directed the WBPSC to conduct...
BSF Can't Deny DIG Rank To Officer Injured In 1995 Road Accident Despite Granting Earlier Promotions: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has held that the Border Security Force (BSF) cannot deny promotion to the post of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) to an officer solely on the ground of his medical category, particularly when the same medical condition did not prevent his promotion to higher ranks on three earlier occasions after the injury.Justice Reetobroto Kumar Mitra directed the BSF to convene...
Rules Can't Be Changed After Recruitment Process Substantially Concludes: Patna High Court Quashes Cancellation Of Teachers' District Allotment
The Patna High Court has held that statutory amendments cannot be applied retrospectively to alter the substantive conditions of a recruitment process that had already substantially concluded under the unamended rules. The Court held that once local body teachers had qualified the competency test, secured district allotment based on merit and preferences, completed counselling and...
CISF Personnel Carrying 'Spy Pen' Camera While On Duty At Sensitive Location Is Serious Misconduct: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has held that a member of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) found carrying a spy pen camera with a memory card while on duty at a sensitive installation cannot seek leniency merely because the device was not used. The Court restored the disciplinary punishment imposed on the constable, observing that members of a disciplined force entrusted with...
Recruitment Begins With Advertisement, Not Approval Of Appointment; Subsequent Selection Law Doesn't Govern It: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that a recruitment process commences on the publication of the advertisement, and not at the later stage of approval of appointment. It held that a law brought into force after the advertisement does not govern a process already set in motion.It further held that where a new Act comes into force after the advertisement but before the selection is finalised,...
Interest On Wrongly Withheld Gratuity Should Be Recovered From Erring Officer's Salary: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has directed that where an employee is found to have been entitled to gratuity that was wrongly withheld and paid only later along with interest, the interest component shall be recovered from the salary of the officer who wrongly rejected the claim. It further held that proceedings shall be initiated against the erring officer even after his retirement, where the...
Rajasthan High Court Directs Release Of Retiral Benefits To 81-Year-Old Former District Judge; Slaps ₹1 Lakh Costs On State, HC Admin For Delay
The Rajasthan High Court has imposed Rs. 1,00,000 costs on the Department of Law and Legal Affairs, the High Court administration, Chief Accounts Officer (Directorate of Estate), and Director (Pension and Pensioners Welfare), for withholding the retirement benefits of a former trial court judge, who retired in 1999.The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and...
Orissa High Court Grants Relief To Selected Legislative Assembly Reporters, Says Can't Cancel Appointment Arbitrarily When Posts Are Vacant
The Orissa High Court has held that the State cannot arbitrarily deny appointment to selected candidates in a public service and it is liable to show reason for non-consideration of their candidatures, especially when large number of posts remain vacant in that cadre. [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 77]Allowing a writ petition filed by two candidates whose selection as Reporters in the Odisha...