Ram Singh And Others vs Union Territory, Chandigarh & Ors

The Supreme Court held that the employees engaged through contractors for maintaining electricity supply at the Government Medical College and Hospital are entitled to regularization of their services under the Chandigarh Administration. The Court found that the Engineering Department exercised complete control over the work of these employees, thus establishing an employer-employee relationship despite the contractual arrangement. The Court directed the Chandigarh Administration to consider the regularization of the employees' services, emphasizing that the work was of a perennial nature and the use of contractors constituted an unfair labor practice under the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970.