Employment Exchange (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959

National Fertilizers Ltd., a government company, imposed a ban on recruitment in its Marketing Division but nevertheless appointed 52 employees without advertising or notifying the employment exchange, in breach of its own Recruitment and Promotion Rules and the Employment Exchange Act. Various High Courts had ordered …

The case concerned the recruitment of Canal Patwaris (Class III posts) in Haryana's Irrigation Department. The 1955 Patwaris Rules were amended by a 1970 notification requiring selection through the Subordinate Service Selection Board (SSSB). The Government, however, conducted examinations under the 1955 Rules, then ex…

The management of Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. (BCCL), a Central Government undertaking, recruited SC/ST miners/loaders in 1986 through the Employment Exchange as mandated by the Employment Exchange (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959. Thirty‑eight workmen were later alleged to have obtained appointments fraudu…