CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL
Sudhi Ranjan Mishra, Judicial Member, Pramod Kumar Das, Administrative Member
Sanjay Kumar Behera – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. applicant's 24-year casual service and comparators regularized (Para 1) |
| 2. respondents contest maintainability and regularization eligibility (Para 2) |
| 3. cat jurisdiction upheld for casual employees per keshab deb (Para 3 , 4) |
| 4. regularization mandated despite irregular engagement per dharam singh (Para 5 , 6) |
| 5. supreme court precedents bind for similarly situated employees (Para 7 , 8 , 10) |
| 6. applicant regularized with benefits within 90 days (Para 9 , 11) |
ORDER
PRAMOD KUMAR DAS, MEMBER (A):
It is not in dispute that the applicant was initially engaged to discharge the duties of the department, on casual basis, from 07.07.1996 till February, 1998 and, thereafter, uninterruptedly from 07.01.2003 till date, i.e. over a period of 24 years, and in the meantime became overaged to seek for any employment in government. Also, the respondents did not dispute the fact that 18 casual workers working in Bhubaneswar Commissionerate were regularized vide order dated 04.03.2011 and 64 similar causal workers working under Lucknow Commissionerate were also regularized vide order No. 130 dated 17.02.2025 retrospectively w.e.f. 22.01.2010. According to the applicant/Ld. Counsel for th
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