GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF TRANING AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND ORS vs RUCHI

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 1093/2025, CM APPL. 5379/2025 & CM APPL. 5380/2025 GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF TRANING AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Yeeshu Jain, ASC with Ms. Jyoti Tyagi and Ms. Kanika Tyagi, Advs. versus RUCHI .....Respondent Through: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 29.01.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. We are, frankly, extremely disturbed that such a petition has even been filed before this Court. 2. The Central Administrative Tribunal1 has, by order dated 14 May 2024, only directed the release of family pension and ex-gratia assistance to the widow of one Mr. Sachin Deep Singh who served the petitioners for eleven years on contractual basis as a Craft Instructor. 1 3. The fact that he served the petitioners for eleven years is not in dispute. The Supreme Court has, in its recent decision, in Jaggo v UOI2, critically commented on the practice of keeping persons on contract or ad-hoc or casual basis for years at a stretch, without regularising them, thereby leaving the fate of their careers hanging in the proverbial balance. We may reproduce the