ZAHID HUSSAIN Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND, COMMISSIONER-CUM-SECRETARY, PRIMARY, SECONDARY & MASS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard.

(2.) The prayer of the petitioners in this writ application is now confined to the relief for directing the respondents to pay them the salary with effect from 16.05.2001, till the date when they were absorbed in service.

(3.) Learned Counsel for the respondents submits that at the time of their absorption, it was clearly mentioned to the petitioners that their absorption in service in the various departments of the State Government was by way of a fresh appointment and they would not be entitled to claim for salary for the period prior to the date of their appointment.