PREM PARKASH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner has approached this Court, seeking regularisation in terms of the order passed by the Apex Court in State of Punjab and others Vs. Balkar Singh (Civil Appeal No.5059 of 1997, decided on 8.4.2003). Relying on the aforesaid judgement, learned counsel for the petitioner has invited our attention to the following observations made in the concluding paragraph of the order passed by the Apex Court:-

(2.) In view of the desire expressed by the Supreme Court in its order dated 8.4.2003, the State government issued a policy instruction dated 26.5.2003.

(3.) Learned counsel for the petitioner relies on paragraphs 2 to 7 of the aforesaid policy instruction (which delineates the guidelines to be kept in view for regularising employees). Paragraph 1 of the aforesaid instruction envisages, that the issue of regularisation of employees, who were inducted into service on 89 days/temporary/adhoc basis before 30.6.1996, would be applicable only to such employees who have continued "without break since their induction". In order to examine the totality of the policy instruction dated 26.5.2003, it is necessary to extract paragraphs 1 to 7 of the aforesaid policy instruction. The same are being reproduced hereunder:-