Ved Prakash And 3 Others vs State Of U.P. And 4 Others on 1 August, 2022
"24.That the matter of the petitioners was examined and the regularization was not found in consonance with Section 33-C of the Act, 1982 and the mandatory conditions, which were to be considered by the Regional Level Committee, were not in fact duly considered in the regularization order. In this respect in Civil Misc. Writ Petition (PIL) No.35090 of 2015 (Rjesh Rai Vs. State of U.P. and others), this Hon'ble Court vide order dated 19.12.2017 issued certain directions, which were to be taken into account while considering the claim of salary by the employees. It has been directed to the Secretary that he shall examine as to whether the appointment of persons claiming salary is within the sanctioned strength of the institution or not, whether the appointment had been made after following the procedure under Law including (a) advertisement of vacancy in the newspaper (b) constitution of selection of committee (c) selection proceedings having been made in accordance with the procedure applicable and the approval of the competent authority (d) the persons, who appointed, were possessed of the required minimum qualification on the date of selection. It has also been directed that if any or all of the aforesaid conditions are found to be lacking, the Secretary shall not issue any order for payment of salary from the State Exchequer for such persons. After examining the matter of the present petitioners, it transpires that there were no specific finding recorded on these points while regularizing the services of the petitioners. Moreover, the advertisement in the newspapers and consitution of selection committee as per Section of 16-E and 16-F of the Act, 1921 was not done and therefore, the whole selection process was found doubtful.