The Allahabad High Court has upheld the 1995 termination of a government school clerk who continued in service for nearly 31 years under an interim court order, but barred the Uttar Pradesh government from recovering the salary paid to him during this period. Ruling that the employee’s appointment had remained temporary because he was never formally confirmed, the court upheld his termination with effect from September 29, 1995.

Justice Anish Kumar Gupta was hearing a petition filed by the clerk challenging the termination of his services as a junior clerk at a government school for children with hearing and speech impairment in Etawah.…