P. RAVINDRAN AND ORS. versus UNION TERRITORY OF PONDICHERRY AND ORS.

P. RAVINDRAN AND ORS. versus UNION TERRITORY OF PONDICHERRY AND ORS.

The regular process of recruitment through the Public Service Commission envisaged under the Constitution cannot be bypassed by judicial directions for regularisation of ad hoc appointments. As petitioners participated in open selection and were not chosen, their services cannot be regularised by the court.

Parties
Petitioners: P. Ravindran and Ors.; Respondents: Union Territory of Pondicherry and Ors.
Jurisdiction
India
Judgment Date
01 October 1996
Procedural Posture
Special Leave Petition (civil) / Supreme Court Order After Tribunal's Dismissal
Outcome
Petitions dismissed
Legal Topics
Ad Hoc Appointment, Regularisation of Service, Recruitment by Public Service Commission, Appointment of Lecturers
Service Law Ad Hoc Appointment Regularisation of Service Recruitment by Public Service Commission Appointment of Lecturers

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Parties

P. Ravindran and Ors.

Petitioners

Union Territory of Pondicherry and Ors.

Respondents

Procedural Posture

Special Leave Petition (civil) / Supreme Court Order After Tribunal's Dismissal

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether services of ad hoc lecturers appointed in Union Territory of Pondicherry can be regularised when they appeared before the Commission during regular recruitment but were not selected.
  2. 2 Whether the Tribunal was right in rejecting the claim for regularisation because the posts were to be filled through open market recruitment by the Public Service Commission.

Ratio Decidendi

The regular process of recruitment through the Public Service Commission envisaged under the Constitution cannot be bypassed by judicial directions for regularisation of ad hoc appointments. As petitioners participated in open selection and were not chosen, their services cannot be regularised by the court.

Court Disposition

Petitions dismissed

Orders

  • Petitions dismissed subject to relaxation of age bar till next recruitment so as to consider cases of petitioners with open candidates.