#casual employee

The JK High Court set aside the CAT order that regularised a long-serving casual driver as a driver, ordering regularisation as an orderly in the entry-level grade with arrears and a three-month deadline. The decision confirms that under Section 5 of the J&K Civil Services (Special Provisions) Act, 2010 casual employees must be regularised at the lowest grade, shaping future cases.

The Gauhati High Court has ruled that a casual appointment made under a compassionate employment scheme cannot remain temporary if the applicant fulfills all policy conditions. Denying regularization defeats the humanitarian intent of the scheme and amounts to arbitrary discrimination under Article 14, entitling the beneficiary to immediate regularization with all consequential benefits.