State Cannot Deny Regularisation Of Long-Serving Contract Staff Appointed On Sanctioned Post By Due Process : Supreme Court

Yash Mittal

30 Jan 2026 7:38 PM IST

  • State Cannot Deny Regularisation Of Long-Serving Contract Staff Appointed On Sanctioned Post By Due Process : Supreme Court

    Abrupt discontinuance of long-standing engagement solely on the basis of contractual nomenclature is manifestly arbitrary.

    The Supreme Court on Friday (January 30) observed that the State, being a modal employer, cannot deny regularization to the contract workers just because they were appointed on a contractual basis. The Court said that the workers who have been granted repeated yearly extensions for a couple of years are entitled to seek regularization in terms of the doctrine of legitimate...

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