Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 281 · Decided 6 May 2010
MD. Ashif and ORS. v. State of Bihar and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 281 · [2010] 6 S.C.R. 191
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4256/2010
- Decided
- 6 May 2010
- Bench
- J.M. PANCHAL, T.S. THAKUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 16
Headnote
A B Service Law - Termination - On ground of illegal initial appointment - Voluntary Health Workers, working on monthly honorarium in State run dispensaries - Appointed by way of C regularization/absorption as Primary Health Workers - They worked thus for 15 years, whereafter they were terminated appointments were manifestly illegal - J4stification of - Held: Justified - The appointment process itself was completely violative of the constitutional D scheme underlying public employment - No procedure was followed while granting such appointments - The Chief Medical Officer, who made the
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