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1998 Supreme(Guj) 505

Gujarat High Court
Judgename :KUNDAN SINGH
Rameshbhai Muljibhai Parmar - Appellant
Versus
STATE - Respondent
S.C.A. 2574 of 1992
Decided On : 09/08/1998

Advocates Appeared: G.I.DESAI, S.T.MEHTA

Headnote:Constitution of India, 1950 - Art. 226 - Appointed on temporary and ad-hoc basis by recruitment committee - Service terminated not possessing requisite qualification and appointed on temporary and ad-hoc basis - Petitioner was having requisite qualification at the time of appointment - In view of Supreme Court judgment reported in AIR 1992 Supreme Court 677 an employee who is appointed on temporary or ad-hoc basis cannot be terminated.

       According to the allegations made in the affidavit-in-reply, the petitioner was not possessing requisite qualification under the proposed recruitment rules. It appears that there are no rules for recruitment requiring any requisite qualification or experience. It appears that the some proposal has been made for framing recruitment rules otherwise petitioners appointment would not have made in accordance with the provisions of the Rules. From perusal of the whole affidavit-in reply, it appears that there is no rule for appointment of Typing Instructor. It appears that the petitioner was selected by the Recruintment Committee and at that time there was no even proposed recruitment rules for recruitment of Typing Instructor. At the relevant time, the petitioner was found fully qualified having requisite qualification cannot be said at later stage after five years that the petitioner was not possessing requisite qualification at the time of his appointment. In view of the directions issued by the Superme Court in the case of Karnataka State Private College Stop-gap Lecturers Association vs. State of karnataka & Ors. (Supra), even the petitioners appointment was temporary and on ad-hoc basis, services of the petitioner could not be terminated

       [Para 7]

KUNDAN SINGH, J.

( 1 ) THE Training Officer, pre-Examination Training Center (SC and ST) recommended the Director, Social Welfare Department, Gujarat State, Ahmedabad by the letter dated 25th March, 1986 for filling up one post of Type Instructor and one post of steno Instructor, total two posts. It was stated that in Stenp Typing classes there were vacancies of two clerks and two instructors, out of which the post of two clerk were illotted to the Collector for appointment from Central Recrutmeni Scheme, out of which one post of clerk is of Advasi and one post of clerk is of general category. Hence, if the appointment for the post of instructor is given from Harijan or Bakshi panch candidate then the percentage as per casts or tribe shall be maintained. It was also requested to give appointment to the following two persons. (i) Type Instructor shri Parmar Rameshbhai Muljibhai. (ii) Steno Instructor Shri Gohil Ukabhai Narshiji.

( 2 ) THE statement showing qualifications, experience and study of the candidates shows that the petitioner was having requisite qualification of S. S. C. Examination passed and qualification of type and shorthand, English Type 50 w. p. m. and Gujarat type 25 w. p. m. The petitioner was selected and stood first in selection and he was appointed on totally temporary and ad-hoc basis as a Typing Instructor in the pay scale of Rs. 350-500 in the original scale of Rs. 350/- p. m. from the date pre-examination Training Centre (Schedule Caste, Schedule Tribe) at Baroda is conducted and he was directed to resume his duties only from the date when the typing class are commenced, by order date 8. 1. 1987. He resumed his duties from 11. 5. 1987 when the classes started. His services remained continued till the date of termination i. e. , upto 30. 3. 1992. The petitioners service were terminated by the Training Officer, per-examination Training Center (SC/st) by his order 30th March, 1992. The petitioner was relieved from service with effect from 30. 3. 1992 and he was directed to be paid his remuneration as typing Instructor from 1. 12. 1990, maximum Rs. 424/- p. m. or as per the days of actual presence of the petitioner (deducting the days of holidays) whichever is less out of these two. The petitioner has challenged this order by means of this writ petition and has prayed for his regularisation from the date of joining his services with all the consequential benefits.

( 3 ) THIS Court by the order dated 11. 8. 1992 on the basis of the decision of the supreme Court in the case of Karnataka State Private College Stop-gap Lacturers association vs. State of Karnataka and Ors. , reported in AIR 1992 SC 677 passed the interim order directing the respondents to permit the petitioner to resume his duties as a typing Instructor and to pay his arrears of salaries as also regular salary when it becomes due. It was further directed that if necessary additional post may be created to accommodate the petitioner. On the basis of the interim order, the petitioner was allowed to resume his duties and still he is working.

( 4 ) LEARNED counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner was selected in the regular selection. On the basis of the Government Resolution dated 26. 12. 1980 the petitioner after three years service is entitled for regularisation. A copy of that government Resolution dated 26. 12. 1980 has been produced at Annexure-C, whereby all the Heads of the Department were directed that they should examine the present arrangment of the ad-hoc temporary employees getting the salary vide Resolution No. PCB-2576-77-M dated 24. 3. 1976 and for continuing such employees and recommend the propriety of the regularisation of such ad-hoc employees into the regular salaried persons and convert them as such. If such an ad-hoc employee is continued in service for more than three years, then the Heads of the Department shall try to absorb such ad-hoc working employees in permanent posts, subject to the rules for employi








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