Repatriation of deputationist

Deputation has been defined as an administrative arrangement between borrowing and lending authorities for utilizing services of an employee in public interest and exigency of services against a particular post

Deputation was a contract between the borrowing and lending authorities, which was liable to be terminated at any stage during the prescribed period of deputation

Deputationist could not remain on deputation for an indefinite period or stipulated period in accordance with his/her own whims and wishes

Deputationist may not necessarily complete the tenure for which he/she was deputed and such power rested with the competent authority to repatriate a deputationist without assigning any reason

In case of transfer on deputation, no vested right accrued to a deputationist to continue for the period of deputation and a competent authority was empowered to repatriate a deputationist as and when the exigencies of service required the same

Deputationist could not occupy a post reserved for a promotion quota

Reliance on the "wedlock policy" was not a valid plea to continue on deputation as the law could not be circumvented to bring spouses to the same station and thus a claim to continue deputation on the basis of the "wedlock policy" was not justifiable.