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Allahabad High Court holds that once a tribunal order quashes disciplinary proceedings, promotion benefits must be granted uniformly to all eligible employees, including seniors, without arbitrary discrimination. The ruling reinforces that administrative actions violating seniority rights are illegal and void.
Patna High Court rules that teachers appointed belatedly under the same recruitment panel as earlier appointees must receive notional seniority and equal service benefits, including increments and promotions. The judgment reinforces constitutional equality in public employment, mandating the State to adjudicate claims within strict timelines to prevent arbitrariness.
Bombay HC Nagpur Bench rules that disabled employees transferred to a new cadre under Section 47 of the Persons with Disabilities Act cannot retain seniority from their previous post. Promotion eligibility must be determined solely by tenure in the new cadre, impacting disability accommodation policies in government service.
The Delhi High Court has held that prolonged service as a daily wage employee, even spanning decades, cannot generate a legal entitlement to retrospective regularization or notional pay fixation in the absence of a statutory rule, policy, or contractual provision. This ruling reinforces that administrative discretion in public employment cannot override the principle of legality, affecting thousands of non-permanent workers seeking backdated benefits.