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23. The result is that the long continuous services rendered by the teachers against substantive posts in the institutions recognized under provisions of the Intermediate Education Act, 1921, had been recognized by the State Government by bringing the provision for regularisation of short term or adhoc appointments which had continued for years. In none of the writ petitions before us, it is the case of the respondent that the retired teachers were not eligible for regularisation. Moreover, as observed by the learned Single Judge the writ petitioners having earned the legal status of a permanent employee w.e.f 22.03.2016, there cannot be any dispute to their eligibility to the post. The writ petitioners having completed the tenure of their permanent employment on substantive posts had retired from service on attaining the age of superannuation.

33. Learned Additional Advocate General tries to create a classification/distinction by providing different meaning to the words "confirmation" and "regularisation" to submit that appointment on a substantive post by regularisation in continuation of ad-hoc services rendered by the teachers in aided institutions would not be covered by the meaning given to the 'qualifying service' in sub-Rule (b) of Rule 19 of the Rules, 1964.

34. The submission is that word used in Rule 19(b) is "confirmation on the post" "in continuation of temporary or officiating service rendered interruption" whereas in the instant case the writ petitioners were regularised by virtue of the provision which was brought on the statute book on 22.03.2016. The regularisation of service of an adhoc teacher by application of Section 33G of the Act, 1982 cannot be equated with confirmation of temporary or officiating services of an employee appointed on a substantive post on probation under the selection rules.

39. We find inherent fallacy in the arguments of the learned Additional Advocate General, for an effort to make distinction between the word "confirmation" and "regularisation".

40. Having noted the reasons and the provisions of adhoc appointment of teachers against substantive vacancies or short term vacancies which were later converted into a substantive vacancies, we find that Section 33G for regularisation of ad-hoc appointment made under the above noted provisions was in recognition of the long services rendered by the teachers appointed on adhoc basis against substantive vacancy or short term vacancy which were later converted into substantive vacancy. The procedure for regularisation under Section 33G had taken care that the teachers appointed on adhoc basis possessed qualification prescribed in the statutory provisions and were suitable for appointment in a substantive capacity.

43. The procedure adopted for regularisation of adhoc teacher as provided in Section 33G of the Selection Board Act, 1982 does not give any room to make any distinction between confirmation of an employee or teacher working in temporary or officiating capacity or confirmation of adhoc teachers working on substantive posts in a permanent establishment. The dictionary meaning of the word "confirmation", from the Black's Law Dictionary 8th Edition (South Asian Edition) shows the meaning of the word confirmation:- (i) as the act of giving formal approval; (ii) the act of verifying or corroborating; (iii) the act of ratifying a voidable estate; (iv) a declaration that corrects a null provision of an obligation in order to make the provision enforceable.