Supreme Court of India
SUKHENDU BHATTACHARJEE AND OTHERS versus THE STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS
2026 INSC 523
Issue for consideration
Whether the appellants can be denied the benefit of regularization solely on the ground that they were not appointed against sanctioned posts and that the decision in Umadevi case prohibits such regularization.
Headnote excerpt
Service Law – Regularization – that initial appointment was not against sanctioned posts, despite having rendered continuous service for decades and regularization of similarly situated workers – Impermissibility – Appellants engaged as Muster Roll workers under various departments of the Government of Assam prior
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