Govt Employee's Suspension Cannot Continue Beyond 3 Months Without Charge-Sheet: Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court has reiterated that a government employee's suspension cannot ordinarily continue beyond three months where no charge-sheet has been served, holding that prolonged suspension without initiation of disciplinary proceedings cannot be permitted to operate as a form of punishment.A Division Bench of Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and Justice Sanjay Prasad was hearing a...

Fresh Direct Appointment Confers No Promotional Increment Or Past-Service Benefits Absent Statutory Entitlement: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that past service rendered on a lower post cannot be counted towards service on a higher post for claiming service benefits unless the applicable Recruitment and Promotion Rules expressly permit such counting. The Court made the observation while dismissing a plea by a former Dai seeking to club her service as Dai with her subsequent service as...

Objective Test For Compassionate Appointment Applicants Reasonable When Vacancies Are Limited: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that where more dependants apply for compassionate appointment than there are posts earmarked for them, requiring the candidates to sit in an objective type test is not an unreasonable way of choosing between them. It rejected the challenge to the note appended to rule 5(1) of the Uttar Pradesh Sub-Inspector and Inspector (Civil Police) Service Rules, 2015,...

Forged TET Certificate Renders Appointment Void Ab Initio, No Regular Departmental Enquiry Needed Before Termination: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that where the certificate on which a public appointment rests is found to be forged, the appointment is void ab initio and its cancellation is not a punitive termination attracting the Uttar Pradesh Government Servant (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1999. It held that a show-cause notice and compliance with the broad principles of natural justice...

Mere Smell Of Alcohol Can't Prove Workman Was Under Its Influence At Time Of Accident: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that a smell of alcohol emanating from the stomach as per a post-mortem report is insufficient to conclude that a deceased workman was 'under the influence' of alcohol. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 361]The single judge bench of Justice Ravi V. Hosmani has set aside a Tribunal order dismissing a compensation claim under the Employees Compensation Act, 1923 preferred by...

Govt Employee Can't Seek Regularization Of Prolonged Absence As Medical Leave Without Filing Leave Application: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that the period during which a government employee remained absent without submitting any leave application could not be treated as medical leave, and that he was not entitled to payment for that period. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 215]In doing so, a Division Bench of Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari and Justice Subhendu Samanta partly allowed a 2006 petition filed by...

Permanent Lok Adalat Has No Jurisdiction Over Service Matters: Rajasthan High Court Quashes Award Granting Benefits From 1978

The Rajasthan High Court has set aside an order of a Permanent Lok Adalat (PLA) in dispute relating to service benefits, opining that the jurisdiction of PLA could only be invoked for redressal of grievances that dealt with “public utility services” as defined under Section 22A(b) of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 (the “Act”).The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand was...

Orissa High Court Reinstates Judge, Says Resignation Over Lack Of Medical Facilities For Autistic Son Was 'Not Voluntary'

The Orissa High Court has ordered reinstatement of a female Judicial Officer who was relieved from service by the Government in January 2023 even after urging the High Court on the administrative side to not accept her resignation letter, which she sent earlier citing lack of therapy facilities for her autistic child at the then place of posting. [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 109] A Division Bench...

Rajasthan High Court Bars Declaration Of Assistant Professor Recruitment Results Over Objections To Answer Key

The Rajasthan High Court has stayed the declaration of final results of the selected candidates in the recruitment process to the post of Assistant Professor (English). The bench of Justice Ganesh Ram Meena was hearing a petition that alleged that the State proceeded ahead in the recruitment process without considering the objections raised to the model answer key published on 31.12.2025...

RTE Act | Assistant Teacher's Appointment Without TET Saved If Qualification Acquired Before 31.03.2015 Deadline: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that the appointment of an Assistant Teacher who did not possess the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) qualification at the time of appointment is saved where the teacher clears the TET before 31.03.2015, the time limit available under the first proviso to Section 23 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 and the State's Government...

Rajasthan High Court Disposes PIL Seeking Appointment Of Art Teachers In Govt Schools, Notes State's Compliance With RTE Act

The Rajasthan High Court has disposed of a PIL filed in 2018, seeking directions for regular appointment of Art Teachers (Drawing and Music) in government schools, alleging that the existing teachers who were imparting Arts education to students were not graduate in Art. The division bench of Justice Inderjeet Singh and Justice Sandeep Taneja took note of the affidavit filed by the State as...

Tripura High Court Directs Govt To Fill 1116 Vacant PG Teacher Posts, Says No Need To 'Re-Create' Posts After Retirement/Death

The Tripura High Court on Wednesday (September 9) pulled up the State Government over initiating the process for re-creation of 1116 PG teacher posts in various subjects, that according to the Government, had fallen vacant due to death, retirement, resignation and termination of services.The division bench of the Chief Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao and Justice Biswajit Palit observed:“We fail...