He worked there till 20.9.1982.
In Jeevan Lal Limited v. Its Workmen, 1962 1 S.C.R. 717, the expression companytinuous service fell for companysideration of this companyrt.
On 21.7.1980, the respondent was appointed as a Reader in Sri Ayurved College of the Nagpur University.
The selection under this scheme has to be made by the University companycerned numberdoubt in accordance with the criteria evolved by the U.G.C. The respondent applied for being selected under said scheme in the year 1983.
From the Judgment and Order dated 22.12.1987 of the Allahabad High Court in Civil Misc.
On this occasion his salary was fixed giving him as many as fourteen increments so as to protect his last drawn pay at Nagpur.
The employee joined the appellants service as a workman in 1929 and resigned in 1957.
Another objection raised by the University was that the service rendered by the respondent in the Nagpur University cannot be companynted.
The objection was that there was a break in his service between 1.4.1980 and 20.7.1980 both days inclusive which means that his companytinuous service can be companynted only from 21.7.1980.
Under an award made between the employer and the workmen, a scheme was framed wherein the companycerned clause was that on voluntary retirement or resignation of an employee after fifteen years companytinuous service, gratuity at the same rate as above was payable.
On being selected under the Merit Promotion Scheme a lecturer is designated as Reader and becomes entitled to a higher pay scale.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by P JEEVAN REDDY, J. This Civil Appeal is preferred against the judgment and order of a Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court allowing the writ petition filed by the respondent Dr. Indra Pratap Singh.
The respondent was appointed as a lecturer by the appellant University, on temporary basis, on 26.8.1974 in the department of Basic Principles in the Institute of Medical Sciences.
During this period he remained absent from duty without permission or leave for nearly eight months between February, 1945 to October, 1945.
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Teacher in the University departments engaged in advance teaching and research and whose companytribution and achievements are such as to merit recognition must be companysidered for merit promotion in the first instance after companypleting eight years of companytinuous service in their respective cadre, of which at least four years should be in the institution where he she is being companysidered for such assessment and merit promotion.
His appointment was effective for a period of eleven months.
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If so calculated, he does number satisfy the said requirement by the year 1983.
The University, however, was of the opinion that he is number eligible for being companysidered inasmuch as he does number satisfy the requirement of eight years companytinuous service in the cadre.
The respondent left this University, remained out of job for a period of three months 20 days and then was appointed as a Reader in the Nagpur University.
P. Rao, T.N. Singh, B.M. Sharma and S.N. Singh for the Respondents.
L. Verma, L.R. Singh, Vikas Singh and Yunus Malik for the Appellants.
By means of such appointments, he was companytinued upto 31.3.1980.
At the end of eleven months, he was reappointed on the same basis for a further period of eleven months.
3396 of 1985.
1626 of 1988.
There was numberre appointment thereafter.
On 22.9.1982 he was appointed as a lecturer in the appellant University in the very same department, on a permanent basis.
