High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCWP/28431/2025allowed

Afalatoon v. State Of Haryana And ORS

2025-12-19Mr. Justice Sandeep Moudgil22 pages

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. In State of Karnataka Vs. M.L. Kesari, (2010) 9 SCC 247, the Supreme Court noticed misuse by the State and its agencies, noncompliance of order of the Apex Court and denying benefits to the employees.

The Court noticed that the object as such was two folds. Firstly, those persons who had put in more than 10 years of services were to be considered for regularization in view of the long service. Secondly, it was to ensure that departments do not perpetuate the practice of employing persons on daily wage, adhoc or casual basis. It was held that persons who had worked for more than 10 years on 10.04.2006 were entitled for regularization and necessary directions were issued in the said case and those not entitled because of lack of educational qualifications were to be regularized on a lower post.

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The Supreme Court recently in 'Jaggo v. Union of India and others', 2024 SCC OnLine SC 3826, discussing the dicta of the Constitutional Bench in Uma Devi (supra) has held that no employee can be kept temporary for an indefinite period. An employee has right to be considered for regularization considering the length of service rendered. The relevant extracts of the judgment read as:

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Also, in "Union of India Vs. K. Velajagan And Ors.", 2025 SCC OnLine SC 837 decided on 04.02.2025 the Supreme Court has observed that decision in Uma Devi (supra) cannot be used as a shield to justify exploitative engagements persisting for years without the employer undertaking legitimate recruitment process to deny relief of regularization. Relevant extract is as under:

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