UGH SINGH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THESE matters pertain to grant/refusal of selection scales to the petitioners working in different Government Departments in pursuance of Notification dtd.25.1.1992. There cases are listed today before this Court for disposal in the spirit of Lok Adalat.

(2.) THE issue involved in the present writ petitions is covered by the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of State of Rajasthan & Ors. Vs. Jagdish Narain Chaturvedi reported in (2009) 12 SCC 49 and the Hon'ble Supreme Court resolving the controversy with regard to the grant of selection grades, has held that the benefit of selection grade can be given only from the date of regular appointment and not from the date of initial/adhoc appointment. The relevant extract of the aforesaid judgment of the Hon'ble Apex Court is quoted herein below for ready reference: -

(3.) THUS , the issue that the petitioners are not entitled to grant of selection scale from their initial date of appointment, is no more res -integra and both the learned counsels for the parties fairly submit that the petitioners could not be granted the benefit of selection scale from the date of initially adhoc appointment, however, as far as recovery of past amount paid w.e.f. Initial date of appointment is concerned, the recovery cannot be made in terms of the State Government's own Circular dated 20.08.2010, which is also quoted herein below: