Case: DR. JACOB K. DANIEL Vs. MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY, PRIYADARSHINI HILLS &amp; ANR

3. The appeals filed by other members of the teaching staff were allowed and the judgment and orders under appeal were set-aside and the order dated 08.01.2014 passed by the Single Judge was restored. The matter concerning the instant appellant was however segregated as some of the documents were found to indicate that the appointment of the appellant was temporary. The matter was therefore directed to be listed in due course.

Court's reasoning:
6. Thereafter, at the request of the appellant, the matter was considered by the University for protecting his basic pay which he was drawing as a Senior Lecturer in Pondicherry Engineering College. By communication dated 31.07.1998, the pay of the appellant was fixed at Rs.3500/- in same pay scale.7. All these developments are indicative that the appointment of the appellant was not on any temporary basis but it was a permanent appointment in the University.