https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303139 An appointment made under the recruitment regime without prior approval of the competent authority was held to be void ab initio, not a mere irregularity, because the appointing officer acted beyond authority and an essential statutory condition was breached. On that basis, the appointee acquired no enforceable right to continue in service. The Court further held that no prior hearing was required before cancelling such a void appointment, since natural justice would be an empty formality where invalidity is admitted from the record. The termination order was therefore upheld, and interference with the cancellation was found unsustainable. en-us Tue, 13 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 06 Jul 2022 00:18:55 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303139 An appointment made under the recruitment regime without prior approval of the competent authority was held to be void ab initio, not a mere irregularity, because the appointing officer acted beyond authority and an essential statutory condition was breached. On that basis, the appointee acquired no enforceable right to continue in service. The Court further held that no prior hearing was required before cancelling such a void appointment, since natural justice would be an empty formality where invalidity is admitted from the record. The termination order was therefore upheld, and interference with the cancellation was found unsustainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 13 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303139