U.T. CHANDIGARH . vs THANGAVEL . — C.A. No. 6783/2009

Case Summary: C.A. No. 6783/2009 U.T. Chandigarh v. Thangavel (decided 3 April 2014) The Supreme Court dismissed Chandigarh Administration's appeals challenging the regularization of work-charged/daily wage employees. The court upheld the Central Administrative Tribunal and High Court decisions requiring regularization of respondents who had completed 25+ years of service. The court directed that if regular posts are unavailable, employees must continue in work-charged positions with full salary including dearness allowance and CPWD pensionary benefits; those already regularized receive regular employee benefits including gratuity and pension; widows receive family pension; and the administration must expedite remaining regularizations and pension payments. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.