HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH

AT JAMMU

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Whether the operative part or full

judgment is pronounced: Full Judgment

CJ Court:

WP(C) No. 3456/2025

CM No. 7863/2025

UT of J&K and ors. …Petitioner(s)/Appellant(s)

Through: Mrs. Monika Kohli, Sr. AAG

v/s

Rattan Chand …. Respondent(s)

Through:

CORAM: HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJNESH OSWAL, JUDGE.

JUDGMENT

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‘Oswal J’

1. The respondent was engaged as a „Turncock‟ in December 1993 in the

Public Health Engineering Department by petitioner No. 3 as a „Daily Wager‟. In the year 2005, he initially filed a writ petition, bearing SWP No. 1689/2005 for regularization of his services under SRO 64 of 1994. The said writ petition came to be disposed of vide order dated 14.07.2009, whereby the respondents therein i.e. the petitioners were directed to accord consideration to the case of the respondent for regularization of his

services in terms of SRO 64/1994 and pass appropriate orders within a period of four weeks.

2. Upon failure to comply with the order dated 14.07.2009, the respondent filed a contempt petition bearing COA(S) No. 44/2010. During pendency of the contem