LPA/288/2026

NEUTRAL CITATION C/LPA/288/2026 JUDGMENT DATED: 09/04/2026 2026:GUJHC:25130-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO. 288 of 2026 In R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION/14650/2019 With CIVIL APPLICATION (FOR STAY) NO. 1 of 2026 In R/LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO. 288 of 2026 ========================================================== GUJARAT VIDYAPITH Versus SHILPABEN SURESHBHAI RATHOD ========================================================== Appearance: MR JAYANT P BHATT(169) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MS MAMTA R VYAS(994) for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE J. L. ODEDRA Date : 09/04/2026 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA) 1. This appeal has been preferred by challenging the order of the learned Single Judge by which the writ petition of the respondent was allowed and she was ordered to be treated as a regular employee with effect from 16.10.2017. 2. At our instance, to enter into a settlement, learned counsels for the parties were gracious enough to accept this suggestion and today, they submitted a joint memorandum