RSRTC Vs. KASHI RAM

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS intra-court appeal is directed against the order dated 03.03.2009 as passed in CWP No.1787/1998 whereby the learned Single Judge of this Court has accepted the case of the writ petitioner (the respondent herein) against denial of regular pay-scale after having been selected in a regular selection process; and has directed the appellants herein to make fixation of the writ petitioner's pay in the regular pay-scale from the date he joined the services pursuant to the order dated 10.04.1992 and further, to grant him all consequential benefits.

(2.) IN brief, the relevant facts and background aspects of the matter are as follows: The appellant Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation ('the Corporation' for short), through its Service Selection Board, invited applications under an advertisement number 42/91, as published in the newspaper on 07.04.1991, from the eligible candidates for appointment as driver against 228 anticipated vacancies. The respondent submitted his application in response to this advertisement and was subjected to the process of selection; he was included in the select list as sent by the Service Selection Board; and, thereafter, by an order dated 10.04.1992, he was appointed on the post of driver at Bikaner Depot of the Corporation on daily-rate basis. The said appointment was initially for 6 months but was, admittedly, continued from time to time.

(3.) THE learned Single Judge, accordingly, allowed the writ petition and issued directions as under: -