appointed or promoted on
an ad hoc basis or for fortuitous reasons or by way of a
stop gap arrangement cannot rank for purposes ... appointment as Additional
District and Sessions Judge on an ad hoc, fortuitous
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or stop-gap basis. Thus, persons belonging to the Delhi
Judicial Service
service, though initially temporary, shall be
counted for seniority. Ad-hoc or fortuitous appointments on
a temporary or stop gap basis cannot be taken into ... date of the vacancy within the quota,
rendering the previous service fortuitous. The previous
promotion would be regular only from the date of the
vacancy
Additional
District and Sessions Judges on an ad hoc basis or for
fortuitous reasons or by way of a stop-gap arrangement,
constitute a class ... Rule 16
and held that such appointments were neither ad hoc, nor
fortuitous, nor in the nature of a stop-gap arrangement and
persons promoted
unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "accident" means an accident involving a fortuitous or sudden or unintended occurrence while handling any hazardous substance or equipment
service, if any, rendered by him as a result of
a fortuitous appointment shall be excluded in computing the length of
service ... cadre or service, a
person appointed by nomination thereto;
3(F) "fortuitous appointment' means a temporary appointment made pending a
regular appointment
Engineers of Andhra were
never appointed regularly, their appointments were temporary
and fortuitous, hence they were not entitled to count their
seniority on the basis ... whether the services of the Andhra Officers were on stop-gap
and fortuitous arrangements.
(2) The Central Government will have to decide whether
the regularisation
other reasonable basis. It is well-
settled that an ad-hoc or fortuitous appointment on a tempo-
rary or stop-gap basis cannot be taken ... which an appointment is held in a purely stop-gap or
fortuitous arrangement). These decisions particularly that-
in Baleshwar Das's case clearly
strength of the cadre (except
such vacancies as are purely of a fortuitous or
adventitious nature)......................"
In P.S. Mahal vs. Union of India ... training or
on deputation for a short period, it would be a fortuitous
or adventitious vacancy and the quota rule would not be
attracted
Singla case [1984 (4) SCC 450],
namely "ad hoc", "fortuitous" and "stopgap", the same is quite familiar ... three terms "ad hoc", "stopgap" and "fortuitous" are in
frequent use in service jurisprudence. In the absence of definition
Rules. The Court had further
indicated in Singlas that the ad hoc, fortuitous and stop-
gap appointees will not be entitled to the benefit ... Constitution Bench further
elaborated the meaning of the expression ad hoc, fortuitous
and stop gap and having said so, it was further observed
