STATE OF PUNJAB vs TEJA SINGH .

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision regarding the promotion of respondents to the post of Principal, Grade II, emphasizing that their provisional promotion to Headmaster did not result in the loss of their lien on the post of Lecturer. The Court ruled that the Cadre Controlling Authority could not alter their cadre without consent and that the denial of promotion was unjust, particularly as the respondents were provisionally promoted before the new rules were enacted. Consequently, the appeals by the State of Punjab were dismissed.