The Allahabad High Court has held that long continuance in service or subsequent administrative recognition cannot cure an invalid appointment, especially where the competent University had declined approval and directed a fresh selection which was never held.

The Allahabad High Court has held that a teacher of an aided institution cannot claim salary from the State exchequer merely on the basis of long service or subsequent administrative recognition where the competent University had declined approval of the appointment and directed a fresh selection process which was never undertaken.