https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169768 Approved temporary service under the service rules could be counted towards probation and regularisation, so retrospective regularisation was valid where the employee had been selected in accordance with the recruitment rules and the appointment had received the requisite governmental approval. The resulting seniority and promotions were treated as flowing lawfully from that regularisation. A belated challenge to the appointment and consequential service benefits, brought long after gazettement and confirmation, was treated as stale and defeated by delay and laches. The note also records that the appeals succeeded, the High Court judgment was set aside, and the regularisation, promotions, and seniority remained undisturbed. en-us Thu, 15 Apr 1976 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 04 May 2015 10:12:26 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169768 Approved temporary service under the service rules could be counted towards probation and regularisation, so retrospective regularisation was valid where the employee had been selected in accordance with the recruitment rules and the appointment had received the requisite governmental approval. The resulting seniority and promotions were treated as flowing lawfully from that regularisation. A belated challenge to the appointment and consequential service benefits, brought long after gazettement and confirmation, was treated as stale and defeated by delay and laches. The note also records that the appeals succeeded, the High Court judgment was set aside, and the regularisation, promotions, and seniority remained undisturbed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 15 Apr 1976 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169768