F.C.I vs Sankar Ghosh & Ors

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's direction for the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to consider the regularization of respondents as casual employees under the doctrine of 'equal pay for equal work', citing the Central Government Industrial Tribunal's award dated 06.10.1997. The Court clarified that the respondents were engaged directly by FCI and not merely as contractual laborers, thus establishing that long service and direct engagement can warrant regularization despite the absence of formal recruitment procedures. The appeal by FCI was dismissed, affirming the respondents' claims for regularization.