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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
APARESH KUMAR SINGH, G.M.MOHIUDDIN
P.S.V. Madhava Narasimhum – Appellant
Versus
Ministry Of Rural Development – Respondent
ORDER :
Heard Sri M.Srikanth, learned counsel for the petitioners; Sri B.Mukherjee, learned counsel representing Sri N.Bhujanga Rao, learned Deputy Solicitor General of India appearing for respondent No.1; and Sri N.Bharatiya Sudarshan, learned counsel appearing for respondent No.3 and perused the record.
2. In the present writ petition, the petitioners challenge the order dated 14.08.2025 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad, in O.A.No.1144 of 2018, whereby the Tribunal dismissed the Original Application (for short ‘OA’) filed by the petitioners and vacated the interim order dated 20.11.2018. The petitioners, who were engaged as project staff on contract basis by the 2nd respondent – National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (for short ‘NIRDPR’) seek a writ of Mandamus to quash the Tribunal’s order, declare their termination illegal, arbitrary, and violative of Articles 14, 16, and 21 of the Constitution, and to direct their reinstatement with continuity of service and equal remuneration.
Factual matrix (in brief)
3. The petitioners were engaged by NIRDPR between 1995 and 2012 in various project-based capacities, including Project Assistant, Senior
Engagement on a contractual basis in project-specific roles does not confer rights to permanency, and long service cannot override express terms of engagement.
Point of Law : Re-engagement of the petitioners after the first contractual period was over will not amount to unfair practice.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the respondents must act fairly and justly, conduct a fair inquiry, and adhere to the principles of fair-play, good conscience, and natural ju....
Contractual employment does not confer a vested right to continuation beyond the agreed term, and termination is lawful if aligned with the contract's terms.
Disengagement of contractual employees without inquiry or opportunity to be heard violates principles of natural justice, rendering the action punitive and unsustainable.
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