Allahabad High Court upholds teacher’s sacking: Can’t save job ‘secured via deceit’
The Allahabad High Court has ruled that public employment is a public trust, upholding the termination of a teacher whose appointment was deemed unlawful. The court dismissed an appeal by Subhash Chandra Tyagi, who had challenged his dismissal as an assistant teacher at Shastri Smarak Inter College. Tyagi had alleged that his appointment was made unlawfully, based on a fabricated vacancy.
However, the court found no evidence to support this claim, noting that Ved Prakash Harit, the teacher who supposedly took the alleged leave, never drew salary or appeared in the pay registers. The court ruled that once an appointment is found to be unlawful, any salary or benefits received under interim protection can be recovered.
The bench emphasized that interim orders do not create any independent or indefeasible rights, and that once the foundation of an appointment is dismissed, all consequential benefits must also fall.
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