It held that the petitioners were nominated at the sole discretion of the government without following any selection procedure or inviting applications from the general public.
“Such appointments had to be treated as one under the pleasure of the government and not in any nature of an employment,” the bench said.
The Court further said that the nomination of the petitioners to the posts in question was an executive order and the same can be cancelled by the government’s executive order.
“The petitioners have no fundamental or legal right to the posts. Consequently, there is no requirement of any justification or of giving an opportunity of hearing to the petitioners for their removal,” the Court said.
Source: Barandbench
