Regularisation for part-time employees denied where the scheme applied only to full-time daily wage workers in sanctioned posts.

A part-time Masalchi engaged for limited hours was held not entitled to regularisation or retrospective monetary benefits from the date of completing ten years of service. The Supreme Court noted that G.O. Ms. No. 22 dated 28.02.2006 applied only to full-time daily wage employees who had completed ten years of continuous service as on 01.01.2006 and were otherwise eligible for regular appointment. G.O. Ms. No. 74 dated 27.06.2013 clarified that part-time and casual employees were outside that benefit. As the employee did not hold a sanctioned post, parity with full-time daily wage employees was unavailable, and the later regularisation order for part-time Masalchis was effective only prospectively.

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Issues: Whether a part-time Masalchi was entitled to regularisation and monetary benefits from the date of completion of ten years of service under G.O. Ms. No.22 dated 28.02.2006.

Analysis: G.O. Ms. No.22 dated 28.02.2006 applied only to full-time daily wage employees who had completed ten years of continuous service as on 01.01.2006 and were otherwise qualified for regular appointment. The subsequent G.O. Ms. No.74 dated 27.06.2013 clarified that part-time and casual employees were not entitled to that benefit. The respondent was engaged only as a part-time Masalchi for limited hours, did not hold a regular sanctioned post, and could not claim parity with full-time daily wage employees. The later regularisation order for part-time Masalchis also granted monetary benefits only from the date of the order, not retrospectively from completion of ten years.

Conclusion: The respondent was not entitled to regularisation with retrospective monetary benefits from the date of completion of ten years of service.

Ratio Decidendi: Part-time employees not working against a sanctioned post cannot claim regularisation or retrospective monetary benefits under a scheme framed for full-time daily wage employees.

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