2005 Supreme(SC) 35

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
B.P. SINGH AND ARUN KUMAR, JJ.
PUNJAB STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD AND OTHERS APPELLANTS;
VERSUS
SWARAN SINGHRESPONDENT.
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 203 OF 2005T, DECIDED ON JANUARY 7, 2005

Headnote:

Regularisation of services - The respondent was appointed on ad hoc basis on 20-8-1976-In September 1978 the Board issued memorandum for regularisation of employment of certain categories of employees who were working on ad hoc basis - The respondent denied to be regularized being not covered under the Memorandum- Pursuant to an advertisement dt. May 1980, only to accommodate ad hoc employees whose services could not be regularised under the various instructions of the Board, the respondent applied- Board appointed the respondent as lower division clerk on a regular basis w.e.f. 4-8-1982- The High Court erred in holding that he was entitled to regularisation of his services with effect from date of initial appointment - Held, no justification for granting regularisation with effect from the earlier date. [Paras 3 and 4]