Supreme Court Verdicts Offer New Hope to Thousands of Contractual Employees – Now is the Time to Translate Justice into Reality.

Supreme Court Verdicts Offer New Hope to Thousands of Contractual Employees – Now is the Time to Translate Justice into Reality.

Appointment of Outsourced Employees Through a Government Agency Until Retirement – All Contractual Karamchari Sangh Bharat,Chandigarh.

Chandigarh 06 April 6 ( Ranjeet Singh Dhaliwal ) : Approximately 5,000 contractual and 20,000 outsourced employees have been rendering their services to the Chandigarh Administration and the Municipal Corporation for years. The historic verdicts delivered by the Supreme Court during the years 2024–26 in cases such as *Bhola Nath vs. Union of India (2026)*, *Dharam Singh (2025)*, *Shripal (2025)*, *Jaggo (2024)*, etc., have brought a new ray of hope and justice to millions of employees who have been serving for years under contractual and outsourcing arrangements.

The All Contractua Karamchari Sangh Bharat (Regd.), U.T., Chandigarh, while welcoming these verdicts delivered in favor of contractual employees, has demanded that the Chandigarh Administrator and the Home Minister implement them immediately under the existing Litigation Policy. The Union also demanded job security for outsourced employees—extending up to their retirement—modeled after the framework of the Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam. These demands regarding contractual and outsourced employees were articulated by the All Contractual Karamchari Sangh Bharat (Regd.), U.T., Chandigarh, in a letter addressed to the Chandigarh Administrator and the Home Minister.

President Ashok Kumar stated that these verdicts constitute not merely a legal triumph for those contractual employees who were previously deprived of job security due to the one-time cut-off limit stipulated in the Supreme Court's *Uma Devi vs. State of Karnataka (2006)* judgment; rather, they also serve as a source of moral and social support for all those employees who have been performing work equivalent to that of permanent employees for decades, yet were consistently denied their rightful entitlements. They have demanded that the Government of India and the Chandigarh Administration, without any further delay, immediately implement a policy for regularization and job security—much like their counterpart states have done.

General Secretary Satish Kumar stated that the one-time regularization concession granted by the Supreme Court in the 2006 *Uma Devi vs. State of Karnataka* case was implemented by governments in a limited manner, thereby giving statutory legitimacy to the exploitation of contract employees. The administration turned this into a tool to evade making permanent appointments. However, recent Supreme Court verdicts have shattered this misconception, ruling that employees who have performed regular duties for years cannot be excluded simply because they were employed on a contract basis.

Union Advisor Chandra Jaswal remarked that the Supreme Court has made it unequivocally clear that long-term service cannot be disregarded. Employees who have served as the backbone of the government machinery for years now deserve justice—not merely in the form of court orders, but as a tangible reality on the ground. The verdicts delivered by the CAT (Central Administrative Tribunal), Chandigarh—based on the rulings of the Supreme Court—represent a victory not only for temporary workers but for every contract employee—including Data Entry Operators, Lab Assistants, Security Guards, Gardeners, School Teachers, and educators in higher education—who have consistently supported the system yet received nothing but empty promises and setbacks in return.

Exploitation of the Contract and Outsourcing System by Governments, as highlighted in Supreme Court Judgments: i. Misuse of the "Temporary" label: ii. Arbitrary termination: iii. Lack of career progression: iv. Using outsourcing as a shield: v. Deprivation of fundamental rights and benefits:

Chairman Bipin Sher Singh raised a demand on behalf of the union that, instead of relying on the GeM portal, outsourcing employees should be appointed through a government agency—modeled after the Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam—to ensure equality, social security, and job security up to the age of retirement, in accordance with the provisions of the new labor laws. He stated that the time has come for the Government of India and the Chandigarh Administration to implement this not merely on paper, but in reality. This would constitute a true demonstration of respect for the directives issued by the Supreme Court, the Administration's Litigation Policy, and the new labor laws.

The Association put forward the following key demands: 1. All contractual and outsourced employees who have been working against sanctioned posts for 10 years or more must be granted one-time regularization or job security, in accordance with the directives of the Supreme Court. 2. Outsourced employees should be appointed through a government agency, with their tenure secured until retirement. 3. The practice of contractual employment should be phased out or regulated in a systematic manner.