Sitikanatha Mishra vs Union Of India & Ors

The Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether the appellant's appointment as Professor at IITTM was regularized from the date of joining, 27th January 1997, despite initially being on a contractual basis. The Court held that the regularization of the appellant's service was valid as per the decision of the Central Government and the Board of Governors, which ratified the regularization of 68 posts, including that of the appellant. The Court concluded that the appellant did not relinquish his lien on the Professor post upon accepting the Director position, as there was no formal resignation or filling of the Professor post.