Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) : Mr. B Adi Narayan Rao, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ravi Prakash Mehrotra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Lok Pal Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Bharpur Singh, Adv. Mr. Akash, Adv. Dr. Amardeep Gaur, Adv. Mr. Divyanshu Sahay, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Arora, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vinay Kumar Sah, Adv. Mr. Ahutosh Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Prateek Rai, Adv. Mr. Srikant Singh, Adv. Mr. Srajan S Kulshrestha, Adv. Mr. Anurag Pandey, Adv. M/s V. Maheshwari & Co., AOR Mr. Dinesh Kumar Garg, AOR Mr. Shivam Singh, Adv. Mr. Ravi Shanker Jha, Adv. Mr. Yoshit Jain, Adv. Ms. Pooja, Adv. Mr. Vishal Arun Mishra, AOR Mr. Himanshu Sharma, AOR Mr. Sandeep Singh, Adv. Ms. Aditi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Arun Kumar Raghav, Adv. Mr. Digvijay Singh Raghav, Adv. Ms. Kamlesh, Adv. Ms. Anjali, Adv. Mr. Varun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Richa Attrey, Adv. Mr. Hari Shankar Rajvans, Adv. Mr. Narender Singh, Adv. Ms. Jyoti Rajvansh, Adv. Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR Mr. Deepak Goel, AOR Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, A.A.G. Mr. Arun Bhardwaj, Sr. Adv. Dr. Monika Gusain, Sr. Adv. Ms. Karishma Malani, A.A.G. Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, AOR Mr. Hariom Yaduvanshi, Adv. Mr. Nikunj Gupta, Adv. Mr. Arjun Yaduvanshi, Adv. Ms. Ishika Gupta, Adv. Mr. Hari Om Yaduvanshi, Adv. Ms. S. Harini, Adv. Ms. Aakanksha, Adv. Mr. Arjun Yadhuvanshi, Adv. Ms. Drishti Rawal, Adv. Ms. Sarthak Arya, Adv. Ms. Neha Mishra, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Mayur Goyal, Adv. Ms. Seema Sindhu, Adv. Mr. Vansmani Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Kirti, Adv. Ms. Richa Verma, Adv. Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Mr. Abhijeet Varshney, Adv. Mr. Sumit Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mrs. Shilpa G Mittal, Adv. Mr. Atul Kumar, Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Sharma, Adv. Ms. Deepali Atreja, Adv. Mr. Rahul Thukral, Adv. Mr. Manish Chaurasia, Adv. Mr. S. K. Verma, AOR Mr. Jasbir Singh Malik, Adv. Ms. Prachi Sohi, Adv. Ms. Pooja Devi, Adv. Mr. Varun Punia, AOR Mr. Shish Pal Laler, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Atul, Adv. Mr. Vedant Pradhan, Adv. Mr. Hardik Giri, Adv. Mr. Pranav Singh Gautam, Adv. Mr. Naman Singh, Adv. Mr. R. C. Kaushik, AOR Mr. Pardeep Gupta, Adv. Mr. Parinav Gupta, Adv. Mrs. Mansi Gupta, Adv. Mr. Rakshit Rathi, Adv. Mr. Shadab Khan, Adv. Dr. Mrs. Vipin Gupta, AOR Mr. Krishna Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ram Naresh Yadav, AOR Mr. Sarvesh Kumar Yadav, Adv. Mr. Suryavir, Adv. Mr. Satyendra Kumar, AOR Dr. Sudhir Bisla, Adv. Mrs. Sumitra Bisla, Adv. Mr. Roshan Singh Thakur, Adv. Mr. Subhasish Bhowmick, AOR Mr. Kv Jagdishvaran, Adv. Ms. Malika Agarwal, Adv. Ms. G. Indira, AOR Mr. P Gandepan, Adv. Ms. Anjali Singh, Adv. Ms. Amrita Kumari, Adv. Ms. Raniba Pangnila, Adv. Ms. Amrit Kaur, Adv. Ms. Preeti Singh, AOR Mr. Roopansh Purohit, AOR Mr. Harsh Panwar, Adv. Ms. Narayani Sepaha, Adv. Mr. Haresh Raichura, AOR Mr. Rishi Malhotra, Sr. Adv. Ms. Ansuiya, Adv. Mr. Shivaansh Maini, Adv. Mr. Prem Malhotra, AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Mr. Siddhant Saroha, Adv. Mr. Sudhant Awasthy, Adv. Mr. Aniket Kumar Parcha, Adv. Mr. Kartik Jasra, Adv. Mr. Shivam Jasra, AOR Ms. Vidhi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shivam Nagpal, Adv. Mr. Nakul Khanna, Adv. Mr. Hari Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Shish Pal Laler, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Hardik Giri, Adv. Mr. Naman Singh, Adv. Ms. Preeti Kumari, Adv. Mr. Naveen, Adv. Mr. Shivam Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Maurya, Adv. Mr. Mohit Mathur, Adv. Mr. Ravi Panwar, AOR Mr. Ram Bhadauria, Adv. Mr. Robin Khokhar, AOR Ms. Ritu Reniwal, Adv. Mr. B.n. Dubey, Adv. Mr. Shekhar Chandra, Adv. Ms. Khushi Thawal, Adv. Ms. Esha Thawal, Adv. Mr. Ranvir Singh, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Nidhesh Gupta, Sr. Adv. (Amicus Curiae) Assisted by :- Ms. Japneet Kaur, Adv. Ms. Jhanvi Dubey, Adv. Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR Ms. Vriti Gujral, Adv. Mr. Bikram Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Jimut Mohopatra, Adv. Mr. Jasbir Singh Malik, Adv. Ms. Prachi Sohi, Adv. Ms. Pooja Devi, Adv. Mr. Varun Punia, AOR Mr. Sarthak Ghonkrokta, AOR Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv. Mr. Aman Dev Sharma, Adv. Mr. Gaj Singh, Adv. Mr. Pushkar Sharma, Adv. Ms. Baani Khanna, AOR Mr. Robin Singh, Adv. Mr. Kapil Balwani, Adv. Mr. Shrikant T., Adv. Mr. Satyendra Kumar, AOR Dr. Sudhir Bisla, Adv. Mr. Harikesh Singh, Adv. Mrs. Sumitra Bisla, Adv. Mr. Roshan Singh Thakur, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Sinhmar, Adv. Ms. Amita Dhiman, Adv. Ms. Roopa Paul, Adv. Mr. Parveen Paul, Adv. Mr. Arun Bhardwaj, Sr. Adv. Dr. Monika Gusain, Sr. Adv. Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, AOR Ms. S. Harini, Adv. Mr. Hariom Yaduvanshi, Adv. Ms. Neha Mishra, Adv. Mr. Neha Mishra, Adv. Avi Dhankar, Adv. Ms. Tanya Gupta, Adv. Mr. Arjun Yaduvanshi, Adv. Mr. Hari Om Yaduvanshi, Adv. Mr. Arjun Yadhuvanshi, Adv. Mr. Vansmani Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Drishti Rawal, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Mayur Goyal, Adv. Mr. D. Vidyanandam, Adv. Mr. Vipin Kumar Jai, AOR Mr. John Mathew, AOR Dr. Nirmal Chopra, AOR Mr. John Mathew, Adv. Mr. K V Jagdishvaran, Adv. Ms. G. Indira, AOR Mr. P Gandepan, Adv. Ms. Amrita Kumari, Adv. Ms. Anjali Singh, Adv. Ms. Raniba Pangnila, Adv. Ms. Amrit Kaur, Adv. Mr. Dhananjay Garg, AOR Mr. Shekhar Mehla, Adv. Mr. Jatin Bhardwaj, AOR Ms. Madhu Moolchandani, AOR Mrs. S. Janani, Sr. Adv. Ms. Aakriti Jain, AOR Mr. D. S. Matya, Adv. Ms. Palak Goel, Adv. Mr. Akash Rana, Adv. Mr. Udian Sharma, AOR Mr. Manav Mitra, Adv. Mr. Vibhuti Sushant Gupta, Adv. Mr. Keane Sardhina, Adv. Mr. Narender Kumar Verma, AOR Mr. Subodh Kumar Pathak, Adv. Mr. Vinod K. Soni, Adv. Mr. R. P. Wadwani, Adv. Mr. Ansar Ahmad Chaudhary, AOR Mr. Ranvir Singh, AOR Mr. Piyush Sharma, AOR Mr. Anuj Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Arjunsanjay, Adv. Mr. Aditya Dikshit, Adv. Mr. Shish Pal Laler, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vedant Pradhan, Adv. Mr. Hardik Giri, Adv. Mr. Varun Tokas, Adv. Mr. Mohit, Adv. Mr. Ravi Panwar, AOR Ms. Mallika Agarwal, Adv. Mrs. S. Janani, Sr. Adv. Ms. Madhu Moolchandani, AOR Mr. Sunil Kumar Nehra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Harshit Sethi, Adv. Mr. Rahil Mahajan, Adv. Ms. Manasi Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Kartik Yadav, Adv. Mr. Kunal Verma, AOR Mr. John Mathew, Adv. Mr. K V Jagdishvaran, Adv. Ms. G. Indira, AOR Mr. P Gandepan, Adv. Ms. Amrita Kumari, Adv. Ms. Anjali Singh, Adv. Ms. Raniba Pangnila, Adv. Ms. Amrit Kaur, Adv. Mr. S. Janani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Deepak Goel, AOR Ms. Alka Goyal, Adv. Ms. Archana Preeti Gupta, Adv. Mr. Nishant Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rao Ranjit, AOR Mr. Siddharth Batra, AOR Ms. Archna Yadav, Adv. Mr. Karan Singh Narang, Adv. Ms. Seema, Adv. Mr. Chinmay Dubey, Adv. Ms. Shivani Chawla, Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Chugh, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Kumar, AOR Dr. Nirmal Chopra, AOR Mr. Ashish Pandey, AOR Mr. Akash, Adv. Mr. Srajan S. Kulshrestha, Adv. Mr. Anurag Pandey, Adv. Mr. Bharpur Singh, Adv. Mr. Ram Naresh Yadav, AOR Mr. Sarvesh Kumar Yadav, Adv. Mr. Chritarth Palli, Adv. Mr. Sahil Tagotra, AOR Mr. Narender Hooda, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pallvi Hooda, Adv. Mr. Shiv Bhatnagar, Adv. Mr. Yuvraj Nandal, Adv. Ms. Kavya Manuja, Adv. Ms. Tannu, Adv. Mr. Shaurya Lamba, Adv. Dr. Surender Singh Hooda, AOR Mr. R. D. Narwal, Adv. Mr. F. I. Choudhury, AOR Mr. B. K. Satija, AOR Mr. Chritarth Palli , AOR Mr. Ravi P. Wadhwani, AOR Mr. Rabin Majumder, AOR Mr. Ashish Pandey, AOR

What is the legality of Haryana's Notifications 16.06.2014 and 18.06.2014 regarding regularization of contractual/ad hoc/daily wage employees? What is the legality of Haryana's Notifications 07.07.2014 seeking to regularise ad hoc employees with a future cut-off date of 31.12.2018? What are the limits on regularization under Umadevi (2006) and Kesari decisions, and how do they apply to continued ad hoc employees in this case?

Key Points: - The High Court held Notifications 16.06.2014 and 18.06.2014 to be in line with Umadevi-related principles and not arbitrary; 07.07.2014 found arbitrary and illegal. (!) (!) - The Supreme Court upheld the validity of 16.06.2014 and 18.06.2014, and quashed 07.07.2014, while permitting continued ad hoc employees under 07.07.2014 to remain in the lowest pay scale under Article 142 and Jagjit Singh principles. (!) (!) (!) - Umadevi (2006) introduces the concept of a "one-time measure" to regularize ten-year or more ad hoc employees against sanctioned vacancies, with strict eligibility criteria. (!) (!) - The judgment clarifies that regularization cannot be a perpetual process and must adhere to recruitment rules; executive power cannot override statutory recruitment norms. (!) (!) - Ad hoc employees who were regularized under 07.07.2014 are struck down for regularization under that scheme, but those who benefited under 16.06.2014 and 18.06.2014 are protected, subject to verification. (!) (!) - The Court leaves open certain contentions for future cases under Article 142 to achieve justice. (!)

What is the legality of Haryana's Notifications 16.06.2014 and 18.06.2014 regarding regularization of contractual/ad hoc/daily wage employees?

What is the legality of Haryana's Notifications 07.07.2014 seeking to regularise ad hoc employees with a future cut-off date of 31.12.2018?

What are the limits on regularization under Umadevi (2006) and Kesari decisions, and how do they apply to continued ad hoc employees in this case?