Pinaki Chatterjee & Ors vs Union Of India & Ors

The Supreme Court addressed the issue of regularization of services for appellants in Class 'C' posts of the Railways, specifically under the Central Administrative Tribunal's decision which allowed partial relief by regularizing them in Group 'D' posts instead. The Court upheld the High Court's dismissal of the writ petition, affirming that the appellants' initial appointments were not regular selections and that regularization could only occur in a lower grade, as per established legal principles. The Court concluded that the Tribunal's decision was correct and did not warrant interference, thereby maintaining the status quo regarding the appellants' employment.