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ORISSA HIGH COURT
PRASANTA KUMAR DAS – Appellant
Versus
UNION OF INDIA – Respondent
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P.(C) No. 18864 of 2024 Prasanta Kumar Das and another …. Appellants Mr. Jitendra Kumar Lenka, Advocate -versus-
Union of India and Others …. Respondents Advocates Appeared in this case For Appellant - Mr. Lalitendu Mishra, Sr. Advocate O.P. Nos. 2 to 4 For Respondent - Mr. Gyanaloka Mohanty, Sr. Panel Counsel O.P. No.1 & 2 CORAM:
JUSTICE DIXIT KRISHNA SHRIPAD JUSTICE CHITTARANJAN DASH Date of Judgment : 19.01.2026 Chittaranjan Dash, J.
1. By means of this writ application under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, the Petitioners seek interference of this Court with the order dated 25.07.2024 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Cuttack Bench in T.A. No.260/00021 of 2014, rejecting their prayer for regularisation of service.
2. The claim of the Petitioners in the Writ Petition is that they were initially appointed as Junior Accountants against sanctioned posts and have continued to work without any break since 1995, though they had initially joined on 01.09.1993 and worked till October, 1995 with only a one-day artificial break. Despite repeated representations made by the Petitioners to the competent authority,
The court ruled that employees employed for lengthy periods cannot be denied regularization of service, emphasizing principles of fairness and equality under the Constitution.
The court ruled that employees engaged continuously for over ten years are entitled to regularization, regardless of irregular appointment status, reaffirming precedents from the Supreme Court highli....
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