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2025 Supreme(Raj) 1326

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR
ARUN MONGA
Giriraj Prasad Sharma – Appellant
Versus
State Of Rajasthan – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. Sushil Bishnoi, Mr. Gopal Lal Acharya, Mr. Moti Singh, Mr.Mukesh Vyas, Mr. P.R. Mehta, Mr. Pradeep Shah, Mr. J.S. Bhaleria, Mr. Ashvini Swami, Mr. K.S.S. Charan, Mr. D.S. Sodha, Mr. Vinay Jain, Mr. A.A. Sharma, Mr. Sukesh Bhati, Mr. Deelip Kawadia, Mr. Ravindra Singh, Mr. Harish Purohit, Mr. Vishal Thakur, Mr. S.K. Malik, Mr. Ramesh Kumar Prajapat, Mr. V.R. Choudhary, Mr. P.D. Bohra, Mr. Rakesh Arora, Mr. S.K. Verma, Mr. Nikhil Jain, Mr. Vikram Singh Bhawla, Mr. Sunil Bhandari, Mr. Amit Mehta, Mr. M.C. Gupta, Mr. Sanjeet Purohit, Mr. Khet Singh Rajpurohit, Mr. Ravindra Paliwal, Mr. Sunil Joshi, Mr. RS Saluja, Mr. Sukesh Bhati, Mr. Abhishek Bohra, Mr. Sukhdev Patel, Mr. VR Choudhary, Mr. Harishit Bhurani, Mr. CVS Shekhawat, Mr. Darshan Jain, Mr. Tanwar Singh Rathore, Mr. Kailash Jangid, Mr. CP Trivedi, Mr. MS Godara, Mr. Pawan Singh, Mr. BL Kudan, Mr. Pramendra Bohra, Mr. Shreyash Ramdev, Mr.Gopal Acharya, Mr. Surendra Thanvi, Ms. Varsha Bissa, Ms.Nidhi Singhvi, Ms. Twinkle Purohit, Ms. Tanya Mehta, and Mr.Lucky Rajpurohit, Mr. Divik Mathur, Mr. Manvendra Singh, Mr. Pramendra Bohra.
For the Respondent:Mr. Rajendra Prasad, Advocate General assisted by Mr. A.S. Shekhawat, Mr. I.R. Choudhary, Addl. Advocate General alongwith Mr. Kuldeep Vaishnav, Mr. Pawan Bharti, Mr. B.L. Bhati, Addl. Advocate General assisted by Mr. Deepak Chandak, AAAG, Dr. Praveen Khandelwal – AAG Ms. Yashvi Khandelwal Ms. Neelam Sharma, AGC, Ms. Rakhi Choudhary, Dy. G.C, Mr. Deepak Vaishnav Mr. N.K. Mehta, Dy. G.C., Mr. Vaibhav Bang.
Amicus Curiae : Mr. Rajvendra Saraswat & Mr. Manvendra Singh assisted by Ms. Saumya Choudhary, Ms. Ananya Rathore.

Judgement Key Points

Based on the provided legal document, the key points are as follows:

  1. The court emphasized that employees with irregular but not illegal appointments who have served continuously for over ten years are entitled to regularization and associated benefits, highlighting the importance of fairness in public employment (!) (!) .

  2. The judgment clarifies that irregular appointments made in compliance with sanctioned posts and after a lengthy period of service should not be penalized solely due to procedural irregularities, especially when the appointments are not illegal (!) (!) .

  3. The court underscores that regularization is a one-time measure aimed at addressing systemic injustices, and it should not be used as a means to perpetuate illegal or irregular appointments or to bypass constitutional and statutory norms (!) (!) .

  4. Employees who have served for ten or more years, even if their initial appointment was irregular but not illegal, are eligible for regularization, and their services should be regularized from the date they completed ten years of service (!) (!) .

  5. The court directs the government to identify all eligible employees, including those whose appointments were irregular but not illegal, and to regularize their services within a specified timeframe, along with granting all consequential benefits (!) (!) .

  6. For employees whose initial appointments were illegal, the court mandates that they be allowed to participate in regular recruitment processes, with provisions for age relaxation and weightage for past service, ensuring a fair opportunity for regularization (!) (!) .

  7. The judgment emphasizes the importance of transparency and accountability, requiring the government to publish regularization and recruitment details on its official website and to establish a monitoring committee to oversee compliance (!) (!) .

  8. The court also highlights that procedural irregularities alone should not prevent employees from obtaining regularization if they have served for a substantial period in sanctioned posts, and the continuity of service should be recognized, especially when court orders reinstating employees have been upheld (!) (!) .

  9. The directions are to be implemented across all relevant departments, with strict timelines, and non-compliance may lead to personal accountability of administrative heads (!) (!) .

  10. Overall, the judgment advocates for a humane, fair, and constitutional approach to regularization, ensuring that long-serving employees are not unjustly deprived of their rights and benefits, and that systemic injustices are rectified in a structured manner (!) (!) .

These points collectively aim to promote justice and fairness in the regularization of employees who have contributed significantly through prolonged service, while balancing the need for procedural integrity and constitutional principles.


Judgment :

(ARUN MONGA, J.)

1. Caught in a state of prolonged uncertainty of their employment, petitioners before this Court are seeking protection of their rights. Despite performing duties equivalent to those of their regularly appointed counterparts, they continue to be denied equality. Trapped between the aspiration for regularization of job and working without any break for years together (10-30 years) on inadequate pay, they are neither in a position to resign for alternative employment nor to endure continued exploitation. They thus yearn for pay parity with their counterparts, who perform similar tasks. Primary reason of discrimination and financial hardship is the irregular mode of their recruitment, which, though not illegal, has led to their current plight. The existential insecurity they face is aptly captured by the timeless lyrics of the song titled “Blowing in the wind”, [Bob Dylan] i.e.

How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?

How many seas must a white dove sail before she sleeps in the sand?

The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.

These lines mirror the despair, frustration, and helplessness that permeate the lives of the petitioners. The c




























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