FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA versus F.C.I. DEPUTATIONIST ASSOCIATION AND ORS.

FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA versus F.C.I. DEPUTATIONIST ASSOCIATION AND ORS.

Absorption of deputationists who had discharged duties of Assistant Grade-II for over 18 years should be in the post and pay scale of Assistant Grade-II; denial amounts to injustice and arbitrariness.

Parties
Petitioner: Food Corporation of India; Respondents: F.C.I. Deputationist Association and Ors.
Jurisdiction
India
Judgment Date
29 August 1996
Procedural Posture
Special Leave Petition (civil) / Supreme Court Appellate Order on SLP
Outcome
Petition dismissed; no interference.
Legal Topics
Deputation, Absorption, Pay Scale Fixation, Discrimination in Service Matters
Service Law Deputation Absorption Pay Scale Fixation Discrimination in Service Matters

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Parties

Food Corporation of India

Petitioner

F.C.I. Deputationist Association and Ors.

Respondents

Procedural Posture

Special Leave Petition (civil) / Supreme Court Appellate Order on SLP

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether deputationists who discharged duties of Assistant Grade-II for over 18 years are entitled to absorption and pay scale of Assistant Grade-II or can be placed in Assistant Grade-III

Ratio Decidendi

Absorption of deputationists who had discharged duties of Assistant Grade-II for over 18 years should be in the post and pay scale of Assistant Grade-II; denial amounts to injustice and arbitrariness.

Court Disposition

Petition dismissed; no interference.

Orders

  • Direction to absorb deputationists in the post of Assistant Grade-II with the pay scale attached to that post upheld.
  • Impugned orders of Single Judge and Division Bench affirmed.