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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO. OF 2026 [@ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) NO. 12943 OF 2024]
SUKRADHAN CHAKMA & ORS. Appellant (s)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF TRIPURA & ORS. Respondent(s)
WITH
CIVIL APPEAL NO. OF 2026 (@ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) NO. OF 2026) [DIARY NO(S). 60128/2024]
O R D E R
SLP (C) No. 12943 of 2024
1. Leave granted.
2. This appeal is directed against the impugned
Judgment and Order dated 05.03.2024 passed by the
Division Bench of the High Court of Tripura in
Writ Appeal No. 10 of 2023, by which the High
Court has dismissed the writ appeal and confirmed
the order of the learned Single Judge declining
to regularise the services of the appellants.
3. The facts giving rise to filing of this
appeal are that the appellants were engaged as
Daily Rated on the post of Cook-cum-Masalchi, on
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different dates between 05.09.1993 to 01.08.2002
and were attached to different schools under the
Directorate of School Education. The work
allotted to appellants is perennial and permanent
in nature.
4. In view of decision of this Court1, the State
of Tripura formulated a policy dated 01.09.2008
for absorption of services of Daily Rated Workers
who had completed 10 years of service as on
31.03.2008. The same policy was followed in
memorandums dated 21.01.2009, 31.01.201...