STATE OF HARYANA . vs BAHADUR SINGH — SLP(C) No. 22441/2010

Case Summary: STATE OF HARYANA v. BAHADUR SINGH [SLP(C) 022441/2010] Outcome: The Supreme Court dismissed the Special Leave Petition on August 2, 2010, both on grounds of delay and on merits. The Court rejected Haryana's challenge to the High Court's decision and upheld the lower appellate court's judgment favoring Bahadur Singh. Facts & Decision: Bahadur Singh, an Assistant Fitter at Haryana Roadways, was terminated in 2000 following a departmental inquiry for absence. On appeal, the order was set aside but suspension was treated as leave. Singh filed a civil suit claiming service benefits for the period out of service, which the trial court dismissed. However, the lower appellate court allowed his appeal, holding that since he was never actually suspended, the authority had no jurisdiction to regularize the absence as leave. The High Court upheld this, ruling that once absence is regularized as leave, it counts as service for all purposes. The Supreme Court found the High Court committed no error and dismissed the petition, noting the delay of 214 days was also unsatisfactory. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.