JAGGO versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

JAGGO versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Where employees have rendered long, continuous, and unblemished service performing perennial and indispensable functions for the employer and their appointments are not shown to be illegal, courts should look beyond the initial contractual label and may direct regularization; termination without prior notice violated natural justice here; therefore the High Court and Tribunal orders were set aside, termination orders dated 27.10.2018 quashed, appellants to be reinstated and their services regularised with continuity counted for post-retiral benefits but without pecuniary back wages.

Parties
Appellant: Jaggo; Respondent: Union of India & Ors.
Jurisdiction
India
Judgment Date
19 December 2024
Procedural Posture
Civil Appeal / Final Judgment
Outcome
Appeals allowed; impugned orders of the High Court and the Central Administrative Tribunal set aside
Legal Topics
Regularization of Services, Contractual Employees, Termination Without Notice, Uma Devi Principles, Natural Justice, Outsourcing
Service Law Labour Law Constitutional Law Administrative Law Regularization of Services Contractual Employees Termination Without Notice Uma Devi Principles +2 more

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Parties

Jaggo

Appellant

Union of India & Ors.

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Civil Appeal / Final Judgment

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether long-serving temporary/part-time employees performing perennial duties are entitled to regularization
  2. 2 Whether termination without prior notice violated principles of natural justice
  3. 3 Whether Secretary, State of Karnataka v. Uma Devi bars regularization in cases of continuous service in sanctioned functions

Ratio Decidendi

Where employees have rendered long, continuous, and unblemished service performing perennial and indispensable functions for the employer and their appointments are not shown to be illegal, courts should look beyond the initial contractual label and may direct regularization; termination without prior notice violated natural justice here; therefore the High Court and Tribunal orders were set aside, termination orders dated 27.10.2018 quashed, appellants to be reinstated and their services regularised with continuity counted for post-retiral benefits but without pecuniary back wages.

Court Disposition

Appeals allowed; impugned orders of the High Court and the Central Administrative Tribunal set aside

Orders

  • Termination orders dated 27.10.2018 quashed
  • Appellants to be taken back on duty forthwith and their services regularised forthwith