(b) The petitioners have rightly relied upon the
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judgment rendered in the case of the Dharam Singh
(supra). In the said case, the petitioners before the
Hon'ble Supreme Court were working from 1997 and
they were being paid daily wages. The Writ Court
declined to grant relief. The Special Appeal preferred
there against before the Division Bench of Allahabad
High Court, affirmed the order of the Writ Court by
declining regularization to the petitioners.
(e) Reference may also be made in this regard to
the judgment of the Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of
Bhola Nath Vs. State of Jharkhand & Others,
reported in 2026 SCC OnLine SC 129. This
judgment arises out of a judgment passed by this
Court. The writ petition for regularization was
dismissed by this Court on the ground that such
claimants / petitioners for regularization were
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working on contractual basis.
5. The further case of this petitioner is that a writ petition,
being W.P.(S) No. 6695 of 2007 was decided on 28.02.2008 in
the case of DVC Teachers Association Vs. Damador Vally
Corporation; whereby a direction was issued by this Court
that DVC will not regularize any person engaged on part
time/ contract basis.
Additionally, the petitioners have also prayed for
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quashing of the impugned orders, so as to avoid any
technicalities. This Court, therefore, holds that the
argument with respect to laches and negligence in the
matter of regularization of these petitioners is totally
misplaced and reliance placed on Sanjoy Guchhait
(Supra) is not applicable in the present set of facts and
circumstances.