KISHORE CHANDRA PANIGRAHI vs STATE OF ORISSA .

The Supreme Court upheld the Orissa Administrative Tribunal's decision regarding the appellant's reversion from the post of Junior Clerk to Peon, stating that the promotion was temporary and contrary to the Orissa Ministerial Services Recruitment Rules, 1963. The Court clarified that such a promotion does not confer any legal right on the employee, thus making the reversion non-penal. The Court also ruled that the Regularisation Rules do not apply to promotions, only to direct recruitments, affirming the Tribunal's order as valid.