Judgment

Nanavati, J.-The State of Maharashtra is challenging in this appeal the order passed by the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal in O.A. No. 125/93.

2. The respondent was appointed as a Lecturer in Statistics and Demog­raphy in SRTC Medical College, Ambejogai on 14.11.79. He was appointed initially for a period of four months purely on adhoc basis and till a regularly selected candidate was available. However, the appointment continued from year to year without any break for eight years. Mean­while, he also obtained Ph.D. in Statistics. On completion of eight years of service, the respondent made representations to the concerned authorities for regularising his service and to grant him the benefit of higher pay-scale under University Grants Commission Scheme for merit promotion of Teachers working under post partum programme. As his representations were not accepted, he approached the Tribunal and sought the following two reliefs :

“(A) By issue of an appropriate order or direction Respondents No. 1 & 2 be directed regularise the services of applicant with award­ing permanancy benefits.

(B) By issue of an appropriate order or directed the respondents No. 1 & 2 be directed to a