SUNIL KUMAR VERMA AND OTHERS versus STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS

SUNIL KUMAR VERMA AND OTHERS versus STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS

Once the Supreme Court has affirmed the rights of retrenched employees to absorption under the 1991 Rules, lower courts must follow such precedent; Division Bench erred in re-examining the ratio of prior judgments. Appellants' rights for absorption had crystallized before rescission, and they are entitled to absorption and partial back wages.

Parties
Appellants: Sunil Kumar Verma and others; Respondents: State of U.P. and others
Jurisdiction
India
Judgment Date
09 September 2015
Procedural Posture
Civil Appeal / Final Appeal Decision
Outcome
Appeals allowed
Legal Topics
Absorption of Retrenched Employees, Judicial Discipline, Binding Precedent
Service Law Constitutional Law Absorption of Retrenched Employees Judicial Discipline Binding Precedent

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Parties

Sunil Kumar Verma and others

Appellants

State of U.P. and others

Respondents

Procedural Posture

Civil Appeal / Final Appeal Decision

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether appellants, retrenched employees, are entitled to absorption under the Uttar Pradesh Absorption of Retrenched Employees of Government or Public Corporations in Government Service Rules, 1991.
  2. 2 Effect of rescission of the 1991 Rules by 2003 Rules on rights of retrenched employees.
  3. 3 Whether High Court Division Bench could question Single Judge's judgment affirmed by Supreme Court.

Ratio Decidendi

Once the Supreme Court has affirmed the rights of retrenched employees to absorption under the 1991 Rules, lower courts must follow such precedent; Division Bench erred in re-examining the ratio of prior judgments. Appellants' rights for absorption had crystallized before rescission, and they are entitled to absorption and partial back wages.

Court Disposition

Appeals allowed

Orders

  • Appellants to be absorbed by the State Government as per seniority and given benefit of increments within eight weeks.
  • Entitlement to seniority as per prevalent rules.