In Brief
Krishna Nand Shukla claimed ad hoc appointment as Lecturer in Military Science at a college affiliated to Gorakhpur University and filed a writ petition for payment of salary. The High Court dismissed his petition and rejected his review application by non-speaking order. The Supreme Court found that the High Court had erroneously decided the case by referring to pleadings and paragraphs from a separate, connected case rather than those actually on record. The Court held this constituted a fundamental procedural error and set aside both orders, remitting the matter to the High Court for fresh adjudication on the actual merits without expressing any opinion on the substantive claim.
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