{"id":116346,"date":"2010-12-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-15T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shaik-bade-vs-state-of-andhra-pradesh-on-16-december-2010"},"modified":"2015-03-15T19:15:50","modified_gmt":"2015-03-15T13:45:50","slug":"shaik-bade-vs-state-of-andhra-pradesh-on-16-december-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shaik-bade-vs-state-of-andhra-pradesh-on-16-december-2010","title":{"rendered":"Shaik Bade vs State Of Andhra Pradesh on 16 December, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Shaik Bade vs State Of Andhra Pradesh on 16 December, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: A R Dave<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: P. Sathasivam, Anil R. Dave<\/div>\n<pre>                                             1\n\n\n                                        NON-REPORTABLE\n\n            IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA\n\n             CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION\n\n             CIVIL APPEAL NO. 10661 OF 2010\n            (Arising out of SLP(C) No.10369 of 2005)\n\n\n\nPARAMJIT SINGH                                .....APPELLANT.\n\n\n                            VERSUS\n\nDIRECTOR, PUBLIC\nINSTRUCTIONS &amp; ORS.                           .....RESPONDENTS.\n\n\n\n\n                         JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>ANIL R. DAVE, J.\n<\/p>\n<p>1.   Leave granted.\n<\/p>\n<p>2.   Being aggrieved by the Judgment and Order dated 7th February,<\/p>\n<p>2005 in CWP No.3267 of 2004 passed by the High Court of Punjab and<\/p>\n<p>Haryana at Chandigarh, this appeal has been filed by Khalsa High<\/p>\n<p>School, Mansa, District Mansa, Punjab, through its Manager.<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                   2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>3.   The facts giving rise to the present litigation in a nutshell are as<\/p>\n<p>under:\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>4.   Respondent nos. 3 to 7 were appointed on probation as teachers<\/p>\n<p>by the management of the appellant&#8217;s school. They were appointed on<\/p>\n<p>probation with a clear understanding that they were to remain on<\/p>\n<p>probation for a period of one year and if during the said period of<\/p>\n<p>probation, their work was not found to be satisfactory, their services<\/p>\n<p>would be terminated.    The said fact had been incorporated in their<\/p>\n<p>appointment orders and the said understanding was also in consonance<\/p>\n<p>with the provisions of Rule 8 of the Punjab Privately-Managed<\/p>\n<p>Recognized Schools Employees (Security of Services) Rules, 1981<\/p>\n<p>(hereinafter referred to as `the Rules&#8217;). As work of the said teachers<\/p>\n<p>was not found to be satisfactory, the period of probation was extended<\/p>\n<p>by a further period of six months, but even during the extended period,<\/p>\n<p>their work was not found to be satisfactory and, therefore, services of<\/p>\n<p>the said teachers had been terminated without stigmatizing them in the<\/p>\n<p>orders, whereby their services were terminated.<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                   3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>5.    Being aggrieved by the order of termination, the said respondents<\/p>\n<p>had approached the Director Public Instructions (Schools) Punjab by<\/p>\n<p>way of a representation and even before the representation could be<\/p>\n<p>decided, they approached the Punjab State School Tribunal by filing an<\/p>\n<p>appeal against the orders of termination. The Tribunal had passed an<\/p>\n<p>interim order dated 13th February, 2003 whereby the appellant was<\/p>\n<p>restrained from terminating services of the respondent-teachers.<\/p>\n<p>6.    Ultimately, the Tribunal by an order dated 27th January, 2004 had<\/p>\n<p>allowed the appeal and had directed the appellant-school to reinstate<\/p>\n<p>the teachers with back-wages. The said order was challenged by the<\/p>\n<p>appellant by filing CWP No.3267 of 2004 in the High Court of Punjab<\/p>\n<p>and Haryana and the said petition was rejected by an order dated<\/p>\n<p>February 7, 2005.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>7.    The Tribunal had allowed the appeal by considering the<\/p>\n<p>termination as the penal.    According to the Tribunal, departmental<\/p>\n<p>inquiry ought to have been held before termination of services of the<\/p>\n<p>teachers.   Moreover, no approval of the Director was obtained as<\/p>\n<p>required under the Provisions of Section 4 of the Punjab Privately<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                    4<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Managed Recognized Schools Employees (Security of Service) Act, 1979<\/p>\n<p>(hereinafter referred to `the Act&#8217;) and, therefore, also the orders of<\/p>\n<p>termination were bad in law.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>8.    The aforestated order passed by the Tribunal was confirmed by<\/p>\n<p>the High Court.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>9.    We have heard the learned counsel and have also gone through<\/p>\n<p>the relevant rules and the judgments referred to by the learned counsel.<\/p>\n<p>10.   It is a settled legal position that termination of a probationer on<\/p>\n<p>account of his non-satisfactory performance can never be treated as<\/p>\n<p>`penal&#8217;.   In spite of   the said settled legal position,   the Tribunal<\/p>\n<p>considered termination as `penal&#8217; and the said view was confirmed by<\/p>\n<p>the High Court.      In the circumstances,     we do not approve the<\/p>\n<p>reasoning of the Tribunal confirmed by the High Court that the<\/p>\n<p>termination of the aforestated teachers was penal in nature. As the<\/p>\n<p>termination was not penal in nature, no departmental inquiry was<\/p>\n<p>required to be conducted before the termination.<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                     5<\/span><\/p>\n<p>11.   However, we are of the view that prior approval under Section 4<\/p>\n<p>of the Act ought to have been obtained from the Director as it is<\/p>\n<p>mandatory.     Even in case of termination of service of a probationer,<\/p>\n<p>prior approval is must.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>12.   We, therefore, hold that the termination was not in accordance<\/p>\n<p>with law because no prior approval of the Director was obtained by the<\/p>\n<p>appellant-management before terminating services of the respondent-<\/p>\n<p>teachers.   We, however, quash the direction regarding payment of<\/p>\n<p>arrears of salary to the teachers.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>13.   In the circumstances, we confirm the order with regard to<\/p>\n<p>reinstatement of the respondent-teachers.    If the respondent-teachers<\/p>\n<p>have already been relieved, they shall be reinstated but without arrears<\/p>\n<p>of salary in view of the fact that they have not worked and, therefore,<\/p>\n<p>principle of &#8220;no work, no pay&#8221; should be applied. However, so as to<\/p>\n<p>compensate them, if the said respondent-teachers have already been<\/p>\n<p>relieved, they would be paid compensation of Rs.25,000\/- each because<\/p>\n<p>the order of termination was not just and legal.        They   shall be<\/p>\n<p>reinstated immediately.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                    6<\/span><\/p>\n<p>14.   Needless to say, that it would be open to the appellant-<\/p>\n<p>management to take approval of the Director as required by law, if the<\/p>\n<p>management desires to terminate services of the respondent-teachers<\/p>\n<p>for their non-satisfactory performance. We also clarify that we have<\/p>\n<p>not gone into correctness of the decision of the appellant-employer with<\/p>\n<p>regard to quality of performance of the teachers.<\/p>\n<p>15.   The appeal is partly allowed and disposed of with the aforestated<\/p>\n<p>directions but without any order as to costs.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                           &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.J.<br \/>\n                                           (Dr. MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA)<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.J.<br \/>\n                                           (ANIL R. DAVE)<\/p>\n<p>New Delhi<br \/>\nDecember 16, 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court of India Shaik Bade vs State Of Andhra Pradesh on 16 December, 2010 Author: A R Dave Bench: P. Sathasivam, Anil R. Dave 1 NON-REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 10661 OF 2010 (Arising out of SLP(C) No.10369 of 2005) PARAMJIT SINGH &#8230;..APPELLANT. 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