The Union of India, Thr. the Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Dept. of Revenue, New Delhi and Ors. v. Sunil Krishnaji Kadbe S/O Krishnaji Kadbe and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench (Nitin W. Sambre and Sachin S. Deshmukh, JJ.), Writ Petition No. 3635 of 2025, decided 14.07.2025: The Union of India (Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue) challenged a Central Administrative Tribunal order dated 25.08.2023 directing regularization of employees with ten years continuous service; the petition was dismissed. Key elements: undisputed year-wise vacancies (para 10 of Tribunal order), admitted availability of vacancies, completion of continuous 10 years service by each employee, regularization of long-serving employees, reference to Uma Devi [(2006) 4 SCC 1] as the basis of the Tribunal's directions, Service Rules and order of permanency/regularization considered, no costs.
What did the court decide?
Each of the respondents-employees has already completed continuous 10 years service, and vacancies are admittedly available with the petitioners; consequently, there is no reason for the petitioners to deny the claim for regularization, which rests on factually incorrect grounds.