HARMINDER KAUR vs UNION OF INDIA .

The Supreme Court addressed the issue of regularization of school teachers appointed on a contractual basis under the Chandigarh Education Service (School Cadre) (Group ‘C’) Recruitment Rules, 1991. The Court held that the appellants, despite fulfilling educational qualifications and having served for an extended period, had no inherent right to regularization as their appointments were temporary and subject to replacement by regularly selected teachers. The Court upheld the Tribunal's decision, emphasizing that the administration's discretion in recruitment must be respected, and dismissed the writ petitions filed by the appellants.