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IN THE JUDICATURE OF HIGH COURT AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD
ARUN R. PEDNEKER, J.
Belapur Education Society, Through It’s President Shri. Pralhad Dnyandev Kolsepatil – Petitioner
Versus
Shri. Girish Achutrao Paranjape – Respondent
Writ Petition No. 1812 of 2006
Decided On : 09-04-2026
| Table of Content |
|---|
| 1. factual chronology of clerk-to-teacher temporary appointments and termination. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 32 , 33) |
| 2. temporary hire claims and division closure due to student reduction. (Para 6 , 7 , 8) |
| 3. tribunal: valid appointment, deemed confirmation, illegal termination sans procedure. (Para 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14) |
| 4. temporary status and auto-expiry versus continuous service protection. (Para 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21) |
| 5. permanency issues under meps act section 5 probation provisions. (Para 22 , 23 , 24) |
| 6. temporary appointments against permanent vacancies not deemed probationary. (Para 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31) |
| 7. explicit terms negate probation, confirmation, or clerk promotion. (Para 34 , 35 , 36) |
| 8. distinguishable from promotion-based salary and permanency claims. (Para 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41) |
| 9. fixed-term temporary employment terminates automatically without notice. (Para 42 , 43 , 44 , 45) |
| 10. termination lawful; tribunal order quashed, writ allowed. (Para 46 , 47 , 48 , 49) |
JUDGMENT :
ARUN R. PEDNEKER, J.
1. Rule was granted on 08/02/2008. Heard finally.
2. By the present Writ Petition, the petitioners – Education Society challenge the order dated 07/01/2006 passed by the School Tribunal, Solapur in Appeal No.11 of 2004, whereby the Tribunal allowed the appeal filed by respondent No.1 – employee and directed the petitioners to reinstate respondent No.1 with back wages. The Tribunal further declared that the services of respondent No.1 shall be deemed to have been approved and that he shall be treated as confirmed upon completion of the probation period.
3. The brief facts leading to the filing of the present Writ Petition, as noticed by the Tribunal, are as follows:
Respondent No.1 – employee was initially appointed as a Clerk on 22/07/1996 after having obtained qualifications of B.A. and B.Com. During the course of his service, respondent No.1 improved his qualifications by passing the B.P.Ed. examination, thereby becoming eligible for appointment as an Assistant Teacher in terms of Rule 2(k) of the Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1981.
4. Accordingly, by order dated 11/06/2001, the petitioners appointed respondent No.1 as an Assistant Teacher with effect from 13/06/2001 to work in New English School, Berdapur, which is run by the petitioners. The said appointment was for the academic year 2001–2002. As the services of respondent No.1 were found satisfactory, he was again issued a fresh appointment order dated 11/06/2002 for the academic year 2002–2003.
5. Thus, respondent No.1 continued in the service of the petitioners from 1996 to 2003. However, his services came to be terminated on 12/06/2003. According to respondent No.1, the said termination was illegal and effected without following the due procedure prescribed under law. Therefore, respondent No.1 challenged the said termination before the School Tribunal by filing an appeal.
6. The present petitioners/ original respondents resisted the appeal by filing their reply before the Tribunal. It was contended that respondent No.1 was initially engaged as a Clerk on an honorary basis, as there was no sanctioned post of Clerk in the institution. It was further contended that after acquiring the B.P.Ed. qualification, respondent No.1 was appointed as an Assistant Teacher purely on a temporary basis for the academic year 2001–2002, and thereafter again on a purely temporary basis for the academic year 2002–2003.
7. Respondent No.2 – Education Officer (Secondary) also opposed the appeal before the Tribunal. It was stated that respondent No.1 was initially appointed as a Clerk on 22/07/1996 and worked up to June 1999, during which period the school was non-aided. It was further stated that respondent No.1 acquired B.Ed. qualification in April 1999, and thereafter the petitioners appointed him as an Assistant Teacher from 13/06/2001 in the non-aided division of their New English School, Bheradpur. According
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