Chief Exec.Offr.Khadi & ... vs K.Aroquia Radja & Ors

The Supreme Court ruled that employees appointed on a co-terminus basis do not have a right to continue in service after the cessation of the engagement of the person with whom their services were linked. The Court emphasized that such appointments are inherently temporary and contingent upon the tenure of the appointing authority. The judgment clarified that the provisions of the Pondicherry Khadi and Village Industries Board Act, 1980, do not confer any permanent employment rights to co-terminus appointees, thereby upholding the decision of the lower courts.