Ad hoc teacher appointments outside the prescribed recruitment procedure were unlawful and created no enforceable right.

Appointments of teachers in aided institutions had to conform to the statutory recruitment scheme, which required selection through the Commission or Board, with ad hoc appointment allowed only where Section 18 conditions were met. The First Removal of Difficulties Order governed the ad hoc direct recruitment process by requiring notification of vacancy, public advertisement, applications and selection on quality points. The scheme was treated as an integrated procedure, so appointments made outside it were contrary to law. Ad hoc power was only temporary and could not be exercised independently of the prescribed method, and the appointments were therefore invalid and conferred no enforceable right.

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Issues: Whether the ad hoc appointments of teachers made by the management were valid under the statutory scheme governing recruitment in aided institutions and the First Removal of Difficulties Order.

Analysis: The statutory scheme required appointments of teachers to be made through the Commission or the Board, with ad hoc appointment permissible only when the preconditions in Section 18 were satisfied. The First Removal of Difficulties Order supplied the procedure for such ad hoc direct recruitment, including notification of vacancy, public advertisement, invitation of applications, and selection on quality points. The scheme was held to be an integrated one, and appointments made outside that procedure were contrary to law. The power to make ad hoc appointments was only transient and could not be exercised independently of the prescribed procedure.

Conclusion: The appointments were invalid and void, and no right accrued to the appointees.

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