CHIEF EXEC.OFFR.KHADI & VIL.INDUS.BD.&AN vs K.AROQUIA RADJA .

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, as per the provisions of the Pondicherry Khadi and Village Industries Board Act, 1980. The Court emphasized that the appointments were made under specific conditions that included automatic termination upon the end of the Chairman's tenure. Consequently, the appeals were dismissed, affirming the termination of the respondents' services.