1.Ad hoc appointment, as for as legal position is concerned does not confer any right whatsoever —Irrespective of duration of such an incumbency. Azad Govt. v.M. Youns Tahir1994 SCR 341 (Y)
Ad hoc appointment does not create any right for regular appointment — It is a stop-gap arrangement which has to continue till a regular appointment is made — Ad hoc appointment does not confer any right whatsoever irrespective of the period of such an incumbency — Ad hoc appointment can be made for a limited period — If ad hoc appointments are regularised, even by Legislative Assembly, the piece of legislation is ultra vires the Constitution and has to be removed from statute book — The execute Government while exercising its powers under section 22 of Civil Servants Act, if regularises the appointment of ad hoc appointee or exempts the incumbent from appearing before the Public Service Commission the notification or order so issued is to be sent to sleep forever — No right can be conferred on an ad hoc appointee for regular induction without recommendations of the Public Service Commission is the law. Muhammad Bilal Khan v. Azad Govt. & 4 others (E)
Ad hoc appointments do not create any right for regular appointment and that the only door/entry gate open for permanent induction in the Government service is through respective Public Service Commissions and Selection Committee. Muhammad Bilal Khan v. Azad Govt. & 4 others (F)
Ad hoc employee has no right to hold the post beyond the period for which he is appointed — The Government is not competent to allow continuance of ad hoc appointment for number of years — Ad hoc appointment is an appointment of a duly qualified person made in respective method of recruitment — Ad hoc appointment or stop-gap arrangement is a temporary measure for a particular period of time which does not confer any right for regular appointment — Ad hoc appointment by its very nature is transitory and creates no right with lapse of time — Appointing authority cannot disregard rules and allow the incumbents to continue with his service — The Government or competent authority must realize that the appointment in public sector is a trust in the hands of public authorities and they are not only bound by law but morally obliged to discharge their functions and take steps to make transparent appointments out of candidates — On merits and without political affiliations. M. Bilal Khan v. Azad Govt. & 4 others 2009 SCR 493 (I)
- The ad-hoc appointment against a post in public sector is a stop-gap arrangement which is not of a permanent character of the civil servant. Held: It is not proper and in the public interest to fill a post required to be filled in through the method prescribed by law, by making ad-hoc appointment and regularize it without taking any step necessary for its regularization/confirmation. Mst. Tanveer Ashraf & 25 others v. AJ&K Govt. & 2 others 2011 SCR 528 (C)
2. Request of permanent induction — contention of the appellant was that when the posts — were advertised for ad-hoc appointments — They qualified the test and interview, therefore they are entitled for confirmation on the basis of said test/interview — Held: the test/interview conducted for the appointment on ad-hoc basis cannot be made basis for regular appointment and the permanent appointment can only be made after following the prescribed mode of appointment — Further held: that the appointments can only be made on the basis of merit determined in the open competition and the law does not admit any such tactics that any person, who has been appointed on ad-hoc basis and thereafter for one reason or the other continued as such for an indefinite period and then becomes entitled for the permanent induction. Muhammad Binyamin v. Azad Govt. & 2 others 2016 SCR 1045 (B) 2012 SCR 45, 2011 SCR 528 & PLJ 2013 SC (AJK) 140 ref.
— mode of — non-observance of proper procedure — on stray paper PM ordered for appointment — held passing orders on such like applications, can have a significant impact on governance & legal system — such practices, where appointments are sought and granted based on individual applications without legal backing, can undermine established procedure – this not only weakens the integrity of institutions but also opens the floodgates for a barrage of similar applications creating a chaotic and unsustainable environment. Azad Govt. & others vs Nadia Akhtar 2024 SCR 82 (A&B)