https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183634 Government service status could not be altered or extinguished without authority of law, and Article 207 of the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Service Regulations applied only to pensionary consequences on abolition of a permanent post. The appellants' Government posts were not shown to have been validly abolished, and no statutory rule, valid instrument, or effective appointment by the Company established a transfer into separate company service. The Court also rejected delay and laches because the challenge arose from later orders denying parity after continuing treatment as Government employees. The impugned orders were quashed and service parity restored. en-us Wed, 27 Feb 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 16 Jun 2016 18:33:47 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183634 Government service status could not be altered or extinguished without authority of law, and Article 207 of the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Service Regulations applied only to pensionary consequences on abolition of a permanent post. The appellants' Government posts were not shown to have been validly abolished, and no statutory rule, valid instrument, or effective appointment by the Company established a transfer into separate company service. The Court also rejected delay and laches because the challenge arose from later orders denying parity after continuing treatment as Government employees. The impugned orders were quashed and service parity restored. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 27 Feb 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183634