Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 968 · Decided 6 December 2006
Punjab Water Supply & Sewerage Board v. Ranjodh Singh and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 968 · [2006] SUPP. 10 S.C.R. 317
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5632/2006
- Decided
- 6 December 2006
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 12, 14, 16, 162, 309
Headnote
Service /aw-Regularisation-Employee engaged on contractual basis by statutory bodies-Regularisation, claim of, on basis of purported scheme A B of regularisation by State-Grant of, by High Court-Correctness of-Held: C Statutory bodies are bound to apply Recruitment Rules laid down under statutory be adopted by means of a circular letter since it is not a statutory instrument-Any departmental letter cannot prevail over statutory rule and constitutional provisions-Policy decision adopted in terms of Article D 162 would be void-High Court issued directions on basis of the purported policy
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