22/05/2026
A contractual appointment cannot be equated with a regular appointment, and the period of service rendered on a contractual basis cannot be treated as regular service in the absence of an express statutory provision to that effect;
An employee, prior to regularization, remains outside the regular cadre and does not acquire any substantive right in the service, including any vested right relating to seniority; that seniority is ordinarily to be reckoned from the date of regular appointment and not from the date of initial contractual, ad hoc, or officiating appointment, unless the governing law expressly provides otherwise.
Civil Appeal No. 103-K/2024
Muhammad Qutub-ud-Din & others Versus Province of Sindh
21-05-2026
Aurangzeb
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