https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=467425 Appointments made in breach of mandatory statutory recruitment rules cannot be regularised and the financial obligation to pay remuneration for services rendered in such irregular appointments lies on the appointing school or educational institution under the doctrine of quasi contract (Section 70, Indian Contract Act), not on the State where statutory approval was absent. The safeguard in paragraph 53 of Umadevi (3) is inapplicable where the irregular appointments were the subject of prior litigation and the institution's request for approval was rejected; consequently regularisation under that provision is not available in such circumstances. en-us Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:43:55 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=467425 Appointments made in breach of mandatory statutory recruitment rules cannot be regularised and the financial obligation to pay remuneration for services rendered in such irregular appointments lies on the appointing school or educational institution under the doctrine of quasi contract (Section 70, Indian Contract Act), not on the State where statutory approval was absent. The safeguard in paragraph 53 of Umadevi (3) is inapplicable where the irregular appointments were the subject of prior litigation and the institution's request for approval was rejected; consequently regularisation under that provision is not available in such circumstances. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=467425