Supreme Court of India

Union of India & Ors. v. Central Administrative Tribunal & Ors. Etc.etc.

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Reported as [2019] 2 S.C.R. 317
Bench Dr. Dhananja Ya Y Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta JJ.
Decided 8 January 2019

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that having decided to implement the decision of the Tribunal, which was af firmed by the High Court, the Union of India must follow a rational principle and abide strictly by the seniority list in proceeding to regularize the workmen concerned.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Service Law – Regularization – Gr oup ‘ ’ workers engaged on casual basis at the Institute in question (under the administrative control of Comptroller and Auditor General of India) not r egularized despite long years of ser vice – Central Administrative T ribunal mandated pr eparation of seniority list and for working out the possibility of r egularizing ser vices of the casual workers – Or der affirmed by the High Court – Casual workmen moved T ribunal stating that despite the specific dir ections of the T ribunal to obser ve seniority, persons below in seniority r egularized – T ribunal

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