6526 of 1998 The State of Punjab represented by the Secretary, Department of Agriculture and the Director of Horticulture, Punjab filed this civil appeal challenging the judgment order of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana allowing the writ petitions filed by the respondents, directing the appellants herein to companysider the cases of the respondents by companynting ad hoc service rendered by them for the purpose of fixation of their pay in the revised scales of pay and grant them senior and selection grade, proficiency step up and seniority on that basis.
The appointments of the respondents ad hoc and regular were made prior to 1 9 1989.
The respondents were initially appointed as Horticulture Inspectors on ad hoc basis without following the procedure laid down in the Recruitment Rules.
Subsequently their services were regularised and orders appointing them on regular substantive basis were issued.
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