RAM PAL SINGH vs UNION TERRITORY, CHANDIGARH .

The Supreme Court held that the contract employees engaged 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 employees' work, thus establishing an employer-employee relationship despite the contractual arrangement. The judgment emphasized that the work was of a perennial nature, and the use of contractors constituted an unfair labor practice, leading to the annulment of the Tribunal's decision and directions for regularization.