The Registrar v. Sri Chikkanna
Case brief
What is this about?
Regularisation of long-serving (30+ years) daily-wage/farm-labour (Group C & D) employees of University of Agricultural Sciences (GKVK Bengaluru, Mandya, Hassan, ZARS VC Farm Mysore); Government sanction for creation of posts; Section 13(2)(XIII) and Sections 7, 10, 11, University of Agricultural Sciences in Bangalore Act, 2010; Karnataka Daily Wage Employees' Welfare Act, 2012; Umadevi (2006) 4 SCC 1 not an instrument of oppression; Dharam Singh 2025 SCC OnLine SC 1735; Jaggo 2024 SCC OnLine SC 3826; Revanna S. C.A.No.5292/2019; deemed sanctioning of posts finding vacated; contempt CCC 646/2024 closed with liberty to reopen; University appeals dismissed, comply within 3 months.
What did the court decide?
All four writ appeals (W.A.Nos.705, 629, 711 & 742 of 2024) dismissed; the learned Single Judge's regularisation directions upheld and to be complied with by the University within three months; the Single Judge's 'deemed sanctioning of posts' finding vacated; C.C.C.No.646/2024 closed with liberty to the complainants to reopen on non-compliance; pending interlocutory applications disposed of.