The Apex Court, and now the State High Court also, have rejected the policy of the State Government to make officiating appointments or appointments on adhoc basis on senior positions in State services. The Single Bench of the State High Court has expressed its unhappiness over the State Government not showing due respect to the standing orders of the Supreme Court that rejects adhoc appointments. The case in point is of Executive Engineers questioning the Government order No. 437 (PW) (R&B) dated: 29.11.13 where some persons have been placed as in-charge Senior Engineers in their own pay and grade in Roads and Buildings Department. The High Court, in its order, has reminded the Government that it has long since been settled that an officiating promotion cannot be made without the consultation of the PSC for a period of more than six months. The ground situation is that adhoc appointments have been continuing for longer than six months. The bench also directed State to provide details of the posts against which the AEE, EE, SE and CE are working on adhoc basis with further details indicating the period of their adjustment within two weeks. Though the Single Bench High Court has touched on the core of the matter by saying that it is not understood why the Government is armament in making adhoc appointments, informed circles are of opinion that favouritism and nepotism rule the roost. That is why the Counsel for petitioners Altaf Hussian Haqqani argued before the court that the department has promoted juniors and left the petitioners behind which is adversely affecting them. This matter had been highlighted in the columns of this paper earlier also, and with the High Court vehemently endorsing the decision of the Apex Court, the State Government is left with no choice but to order vacating of adhoc appointments and regularizing permanent appointments in their places.
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