High Court Of Madhya Pradesh Thru. ... vs Satya Narayan Jhavar on 14 August, 2001
(b) The decision of the Supreme Court in the case of HIGH COURT OF M.P. v. SATYA NARAYAN JHAVAR reported in (2001) 7 SCC 161, was cited to point out that the Supreme Court has laid down three classifications of cases in the matter of probationers. It was observed therein that one line of cases is where in the service rules or the letter of appointment a period of probation is specified and the power to extend the same is also conferred upon the authority without prescribing any maximum period of probation and if the officer is continued beyond the prescribed or extended period, he cannot be deemed to be confirmed. In such cases there is no bar against termination at any point of time after expiry of the period of probation. The other line of cases is that where while there is a provision in the rules for initial probation and extension thereof, a maximum period for such extension is also provided beyond which it is not permissible to extend probation. The inference in such cases is that the officer concerned is deemed to have been confirmed upon expiry of the maximum period of probation in case before its expiry the order of termination has not been passed. The last line of cases is where, though under the rules maximum period of probation is prescribed, but the same requires a specific act on the part of the employer by issuing an order of confirmation and of passing a test for the purposes of confirmation. In such cases even if the maximum period of probation has expired and neither any order of confirmation has been passed nor has the person concerned passed the requisite test, he cannot be deemed to have been confirmed merely because the said period has expired.