Sunil Kumar Prajapati v. State Of Chhattisgarh

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Regularization of long-serving contractual employees; Training Officer Grade-III, Government Industrial Training Institutes, Chhattisgarh (Ambikapur, Durg, Bastar, Bilaspur and Raipur zones); contract appointments under Chhattisgarh Civil Sewa (Samvida Niyukti) Niyam 2004 (Rules 5, 5(6), 6, 8, 8(2), 11); Chhattisgarh Industrial Training (Nongazatted) Class-III Service Recruitment Rules 2014 (Schedule-III/Schedule-8 qualifications); Chhattisgarh Civil Services (Contractual Appointment) Rules 2012, Rule 17 — regularization power only with General Administration Department; writ of mandamus for consideration of regularization; Uma Devi (2006) 4 SCC 1 paras 53-54 one-time measure for irregular appointments of ten years or more; Jaggo v Union of India 2024 SCC Online SC 3826 (irregular versus illegal appointments, fair and humane resolution); Shripal v Nagar Nigam Gaziabad 2025 INC 144; Vinod Kumar v Union of India (referenced within Jaggo); 589 vacant Training Officer posts; advertisement for 920 posts dated 13.05.2023 with 280 appointments; committee report dated 02.08.2024 (P.S. Alma, Sunil Kumar Upadhyay, Ishwari Prasad Sahu); Article 309 Constitution of India; back door entry; de hors constitutional scheme; over-aged contract employees with 15-18 years service; CTI certificate and Guest Teaching Faculty selection criteria; 2310 sanctioned ITI posts, 840 regular and 300 contract Training Officers.