In Brief
A candidate selected as Multipurpose Health Assistant (Male) in 1999 could not be appointed due to pending litigations. He subsequently worked on contract basis since 2003. The Supreme Court found vacancies now existed in the same position and held that it was in the interest of justice to appoint him against one of the available vacancies, setting aside the High Court judgment. The Court ordered appointment within two months but clarified the decision applied only to this case's peculiar circumstances and should not be treated as precedent."
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