In Brief
The Supreme Court set aside a High Court judgment that had re-examined and declared illegal the appointment and selection of 7,114 Junior Linemen to power distribution companies made on contract basis in 2006–2008. The Court held that once a Division Bench had previously approved these appointments and they had been regularised, the High Court erred in re-opening the matter and setting aside those selections. Allowing such interference would cause irreparable harm to regularised employees and disrupt essential services. The Court emphasised the finality of prior judicial determinations and reaffirmed that regularised appointments cannot be overturned without serious jurisdictional defects.
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