UNION OF INDIA vs KARTICK CHANDRA MONDAL

The Supreme Court upheld the Calcutta High Court's decision affirming the Central Administrative Tribunal's directive to absorb casual workers, K.C. Mondal and S.K. Chakraborty, into suitable posts despite their initial engagement without proper recruitment procedures. The Court interpreted the Office Memorandum dated 07.05.1985, which allows for the regularization of casual workers not recruited through Employment Exchanges, as applicable to the respondents. The Court concluded that the respondents were entitled to regularization based on the policy aimed at alleviating the hardships faced by casual workers.