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Doctrine of legitimate expectation would be fully applicable to the facts of the present case and Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited cannot deny the payment of the additional cover of Rs.30 lakhs to the petitioners only for its own lethargy or inability to obtain the renewal of the subject policy within time.
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Or. 6 R. 17 — Amendment of plaint: Principles summarized re when amendment of plaint is permissible.
By virtue of the two impugned actions/orders, today the respondents are trying to wrongly give retrospective seniority to the other similarly situated personnel like the petitioners herein by putting them ahead of such petitioners in the already existing seniority list as on date, which, as per the settled position of law, is not permissible.
“The Doctrine of Legitimate Expectation does not have any role to play in matters that are strictly governed by the service regulations. This is an exercise that is undertaken by the State in discharge of its public duties and should not brook undue interference by the Court.”
The petitioner cannot take advantage of, or refuge under, the error that has crept into the Admission Form available on the website. Such a mistake on the part of the respondent-university would not clothe the petitioner with any legal right.
Chhattisgarh High Court: Goutam Bhaduri J., allowed the petition by stating that replacing present guest teachers with a new set of appointments