J U D G M E N T

Dated this the 20^th day of February, 2026 The petitioners are workers engaged by the 2^nd respondent-Company on contract basis and have more than 15 years of uninterrupted service. Petitioners 1 and 2 are skilled workers with ITI qualification and are currently working as Carpenter and Electrician respectively. Petitioners 3 to 5 are unskilled workers. The petitioners are aggrieved by the delay in considering Ext.P5 recommendation for regularisation of service in the 2^nd respondent.

2. Although the 2^nd respondent is a profit making Company, the number of permanent employees is relatively low. The Company relies on contract employees for its daily operations. In the year 2020, as per Ext.P1, the 2^nd respondent has requested the Government to consider the regularisation of the daily wage workers, who have been working for more than 10 years continuously in the Company in permanent vacancies under skilled/unskilled worker category in a favourable manner.

3. In Ext.P1, the names of the petitioners are included as serial numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 8 respectively. The Government in response, requested the 3^rd respondent to furnish a copy of the Board decision to regularise dail