https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172814 A writ petition cannot be maintained as public interest litigation to attack a service matter unless the petitioner shows bona fide public interest, proper locus and no hidden motive; a private employment grievance dressed as PIL falls outside public interest jurisdiction. The commentary also notes that where service rules expressly exclude contractual appointees from their operation, a general age-based bar on continuation or re-employment cannot be applied to such contractual engagement. The governing rule must be read as a whole, and an exclusion clause will prevent the general restriction from extending to contract staff. en-us Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 09:30:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172814 A writ petition cannot be maintained as public interest litigation to attack a service matter unless the petitioner shows bona fide public interest, proper locus and no hidden motive; a private employment grievance dressed as PIL falls outside public interest jurisdiction. The commentary also notes that where service rules expressly exclude contractual appointees from their operation, a general age-based bar on continuation or re-employment cannot be applied to such contractual engagement. The governing rule must be read as a whole, and an exclusion clause will prevent the general restriction from extending to contract staff. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172814