SCA/5204/2026

Judgment text excerpt

NEUTRAL CITATION C/SCA/5204/2026 JUDGMENT DATED: 25/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:38768-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 5204 of 2026 ========================================================== CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER & ORS. Versus MANHARSINH RATANSINH S/O. RATANSINH JADEJA & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MR MANISH J PATEL(2131) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1,2,3 MR PRADIP D BHATE(1523) for the Respondent(s) No. 10 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE J. L. ODEDRA Date : 25/06/2026 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA) 1. A batch of 47 workmen had approached the Labour Court seeking for regularization. The Labour Court set aside the orders of termination and passed an order of reinstatement of this batch of 47 workmen. 2. After the workmen were reinstated, the Department of Telecommunications came out with a scheme for regularization. 3. The same batch of 47 people approached the Central Administrative Tribunal (“CAT”) invoking their right to be regularized under the said scheme of regularization. The CAT rejected their applications on the ground that they were not entitled to be regularized. Page 1 of 4 Uploaded by () on Downloaded on : Tue Jun 30 21:31:54 IST 2026 NEUTRAL CITATION C/SCA/5204/2026 JUDGMENT DATED: 25/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:38768-DB 4. Out of the 47, only 36 workmen approached this Court by way of the writ petition. The writ petition was allowed by this Court and the Department was directed to regularize the services of the 36 workmen. 5. The order of this Court was challenged before the Supreme Court, but the Supreme Court dismissed the SLP. Therefore, the fact remains th