BALAKRUSHNA BEHERA . vs SATYA PRAKASH DASH — C.A. No. 4935/2007

Case Summary: C.A. No. 004935/2007 Balakrushna Behera v. Satya Prakash Dash The Supreme Court allowed the appeal filed by the University Vice-Chancellor and Registrar against High Court contempt proceedings. The Court held that respondent had only an "inchoate right" to appointment—selection does not confer enforceable appointment rights. Since the High Court's original order merely directed completion of selection and result publication (which was done), and the State Government subsequently abolished the lecturer posts, no contempt occurred. The Court set aside the contempt orders dated 24.1.2006 and 27.1.2006 and discharged the contempt notice. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.