Author: Manish

Introduction The question of regularization of contractual and ad hoc workers has remained one of the most controversial sectors of Indian service law. In a majority of governmental departments, municipalities, academies and universities, and public enterprises, a considerable percentage of workers work on temporary, daily-wages, or contractual terms. Notwithstanding such workers’ continuous and essential duties, they are still not extended the privileges of permanent employees, including job security, pay parity, and pensionary advantages. The heavy reliance on casual labor gives rise to an important constitutional question. In one respect, Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution call for transparency and…