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1 - 10 of 53 (0.36 seconds)Secretary, State Of Karnataka And ... vs Umadevi And Others on 10 April, 2006
“25.We have consciously noted the aforesaid
decisions of this Court. The principle as has been laid
down in Umadevi (3) [State of Karnataka v. Umadevi
(3), (2006) 4 SCC 1 : 2006 SCC (L&S) 753] has also
been applied in relation to the persons who were
working on daily wages. According to us, the daily
wagers are not appointees in the strict sense of the term
“appointment”. They do not hold a post. The scheme of
alternative appointment framed for regular employees of
abolished organisation cannot, therefore, confer a
similar entitlement on the daily wagers of abolished
organisation to such alternative employment.
Article 16 in Constitution of India [Constitution]
Article 226 in Constitution of India [Constitution]
Article 21 in Constitution of India [Constitution]
Article 309 in Constitution of India [Constitution]
B.N. Nagarajan And Ors. vs State Of Karnataka And Ors. on 3 May, 1979
42, para 53)
“53. One aspect needs to be clarified. There may be
cases where irregular appointments (not illegal
appointments) as explained in State of Mysore v. S.V.
Narayanappa [AIR 1967 SC 1071 : (1967) 1 SCR 128] ,
R.N. Nanjundappa v. T. Thimmiah [(1972) 1 SCC 409]
and B.N. Nagarajan v. State of Karnataka [(1979) 4 SCC
507 : 1980 SCC (L&S) 4] and referred to in para 15
above, of duly qualified persons in duly sanctioned
vacant posts might have been made and the employees
have continued to work for ten years or more but
without the intervention of orders of the courts or of
tribunals. The question of regularisation of the services
of such employees may have to be considered on merits
in the light of the principles settled by this Court in the
cases abovereferred to and in the light of this judgment.
In that context, the Union of India, the State
Governments and their instrumentalities should take
steps to regularise as a one-time measure, the services
of such irregularly appointed, who have worked for ten
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years or more in duly sanctioned posts but not under
cover of orders of the courts or of tribunals and should
further ensure that regular recruitments are undertaken
to fill those vacant sanctioned posts that require to be
filled up, in cases where temporary employees or daily
wagers are being now employed. The process must be
set in motion within six months from this date. We also
clarify that regularisation, if any already made, but not
sub judice, need not be reopened based on this
judgment, but there should be no further bypassing of
the constitutional requirement and regularising or
making permanent, those not duly appointed as per the
constitutional scheme.”(emphasis in original)
A case of regularisation which thus attained finality and
was not sub judice would not come within the purview of
exception to the rule contained in Para 53 of the said
judgment. The appellants' case, thus, does not come
within the purview thereof. Only those cases where
regularisations had already been made were not to be
reopened. It is not in dispute that services of the
appellants were terminated as far back as in 1987 and
they did not question the legality or validity of the said
order.
R. N. Nanjundappa vs T. Thimmiah & Anr on 8 December, 1971
22. With respect, it appears to us that the question
whether the jettisoning of the constitutional scheme of
appointment can be approved, was not considered or
decided. The distinction emphasised in R.N.
Nanjundappa v. T. Thimmiah [(1972) 1 SCC 409 :
The Dharwad Distt. P.W.D. Literate ... vs State Of Karnataka & Ors. Etc on 23 February, 1990
“20. The decision in Dharwad Distt. PWD Literate
Daily Wage Employees Assn. v. State of Karnataka
[(1990) 2 SCC 396 : 1990 SCC (L&S) 274 : (1990) 12
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ATC 902 : (1990) 1 SCR 544] dealt with a scheme
framed by the State of Karnataka, though at the
instance of the Court. The scheme was essentially
relating to the application of the concept of equal pay for
equal work but it also provided for making permanent,
or what it called regularisation, without keeping the
distinction in mind, of employees who had been
appointed ad hoc, casually, temporarily or on daily-wage
basis. In other words, employees who had been
appointed without following the procedure established
by law for such appointments. This Court, at the
threshold, stated that it should individualise justice to
suit a given situation. With respect, it is not possible to
accept the statement, unqualified as it appears to be.
This Court is not only the constitutional court, it is also
the highest court in the country, the final court of
appeal. By virtue of Article 141 of the Constitution, what
this Court lays down is the law of the land. Its decisions
are binding on all the courts. Its main role is to interpret
the constitutional and other statutory provisions bearing
in mind the fundamental philosophy of the Constitution.
We have given unto ourselves a system of governance
by rule of law. The role of the Supreme Court is to
render justice according to law. As one jurist put it, the
Supreme Court is expected to decide questions of law
for the country and not to decide individual cases
without reference to such principles of law. Consistency
is a virtue. Passing orders not consistent with its own
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decisions on law, is bound to send out confusing signals
and usher in judicial chaos. Its role, therefore, is really
to interpret the law and decide cases coming before it,
according to law. Orders which are inconsistent with the
legal conclusions arrived at by the court in the selfsame
judgment not only create confusion but also tend to
usher in arbitrariness highlighting the statement, that
equity tends to vary with the Chancellor's foot.”
2Ec.To Govt.,School Education ... vs Thiru R.Govindaswamy & Ors on 21 February, 2014
90. Reiterating the principles laid down in the
Case of Secretary to Government, School Education
Department, Chennai Vs. R.Govindaswamy and
others, reported in (2014) 4 SCC 769, the Hon'ble
Supreme Court of India emphatically ruled that the High
Courts, in exercising power under Article 226 of the
Constitution of India will not issue directions for
regularization, absorption or permanent continuance.
Unless the employees claiming regularization had been
appointed in pursuance of a regular recruitment in
accordance with relevant rules in an open competitive
process against sanctioned vacant posts, the equality
clause contained in Articles 14 and 16 should be
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scrupulously followed and Courts should not issue a
direction for regularization of services of an employee
which would be violative of the Constitutional scheme.