Supreme Court of India
Secretary, State of Karnataka and Ors. v. Umadevi and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In the result, Civil Appeal Nos. 3595-3612 of 1999, Civil Appeal No.
Judgment, page 46
From the headnote
Service Law: Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 14, 16, 21, 23, 226 and 309. Public employment-Daily wage temporary employees-Right of regularization or permanent absorption-Doctrine of legitimate expectation- Applicability of-Temporary Government employees engaged on daily wages Claim for regularization with all the benefits applicable to regular employees lfn the basis that they worked for more than IO years-Such employees were engaged for the first time in the years 1985-86 inspite of orders not to make such appointments issued in the year 1984-Administrative Tribunal dismissed their
Authorities it was built on
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- 1961 Dr. Rai Shivendra Bahadur v. The Gover.nfng Body of the Nalanda College
- 1992 Director, Institute of Management Development v. Smt. Pushpa Srivastava
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